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River Flood Warning 52, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 13, 2008, 9:22 PM CDT for Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 14, 2008, 5:11 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2008, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 14, 2008, 5:11 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2008, 9:19 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 days
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Lake County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Des Plaines River near Russell (RUSI2). The gauge peaked at 7.97 ft at Mar 16, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 6.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 7 ft
- Moderate stage
- 9 ft
- Major stage
- 10 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05527800, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 9:22 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 7 days |
| Mar 13, 9:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 37 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 56 days |
| Mar 14, 4:27 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Boone | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:27 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Winnebago | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 9:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 35 hr |
| Mar 14, 9:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Boone | 51 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.