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River Flood Warning 76, NWS Chicago, IL

April 11, 2008LaSalle County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Apr 11, 2008, 5:55 AM CDT for LaSalle County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 12, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 2008, 5:55 AM CDT (10:55 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 12, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 12, 2008, 4:05 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Flood severity: Minor

County LaSalle County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Fox River at Dayton (DAYI2). The gauge peaked at 11.64 ft at Apr 11, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05552500, 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 11, 3:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 3:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 11, 3:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 10:58 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Boone	4 days
Apr 10, 11:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Cook	6 days
Apr 10, 11:31 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook	3 days
Apr 11, 4:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Boone	2 hr
Apr 11, 4:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Ogle	7 days
Apr 11, 5:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Cook	4 hr
Apr 11, 5:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Kankakee	4 hr
Apr 11, 8:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	50 hr
Apr 11, 10:05 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LOT	DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall and 2 more	10 hr
Apr 11, 10:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle	6 days
Apr 11, 5:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Porter	3 days
Apr 11, 5:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Jasper, Porter	3 days

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.