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River Flood Warning 65, NWS Chicago, IL

April 9, 2008Winnebago County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Apr 9, 2008, 3:59 AM CDT for Winnebago County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 9, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2008, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 9, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 24, 2008, 10:21 AM CDT
In force
15 days
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Flood severity
Minor

County Winnebago County, IL

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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 Pecatonica River near Shirland (SIRI2). The gauge peaked at 13.99 ft at Apr 15, 2008, 12:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
15.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05437050, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 9, 3:46 AM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 3:46 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLOT117 min
Apr 8, 9:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchLOTWinnebago7 hr
Apr 8, 9:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchLOTWinnebago7 hr
Apr 8, 9:34 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTOgle36 hr
Apr 9, 4:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTWinnebago28 days
Apr 9, 4:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchLOTBoone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more46 hr
Apr 9, 9:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTLake7 days
Apr 9, 9:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTLake9 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

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.