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River Flood Warning 83, NWS Chicago, IL

June 5, 2008Bureau County, LaSalle County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 5, 2008, 10:45 AM CDT for Bureau County, LaSalle County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 6, 2008, 9:24 AM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2008, 10:45 AM CDT (15:45 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 6, 2008, 9:24 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 7, 2008, 4:43 PM CDT
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Bureau County, IL, LaSalle County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Illinois River near La Salle (LSLI2).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 411925089063901, 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 Jun 5, 5:52 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 5:52 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:06 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 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
Jun 4, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Iroquois	61 min
Jun 4, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee	59 min
Jun 4, 7:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	8 hr
Jun 4, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Livingston	48 min
Jun 4, 8:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee	55 min
Jun 4, 8:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Iroquois	41 min
Jun 4, 8:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Livingston	57 min
Jun 4, 9:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	LaSalle, Livingston	31 min
Jun 4, 9:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee	58 min
Jun 4, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Will	52 min
Jun 4, 9:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	8 hr
Jun 4, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kendall	35 min
Jun 4, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Will	34 min
Jun 4, 10:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Kankakee	62 min
Jun 4, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Will	44 min
Jun 4, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle, Livingston	23 min
Jun 4, 11:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Cook, Kankakee, Will	6 hr
Jun 4, 11:39 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	Lake, McHenry	4 hr
Jun 5, 1:20 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		40 min
Jun 5, 1:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook	54 min
Jun 5, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage	64 min
Jun 5, 1:48 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		117 min
Jun 5, 5:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	Kankakee, Will	12 hr
Jun 5, 5:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Winnebago	20 min
Jun 5, 7:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee, Ogle	33 min
Jun 5, 7:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Winnebago	24 min
Jun 5, 7:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ogle, Winnebago	31 min
Jun 5, 7:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, McHenry, Ogle, Winnebago	50 min
Jun 5, 7:56 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		94 min
Jun 5, 8:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lake, McHenry	45 min
Jun 5, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Kankakee	3 days
Jun 5, 9:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Iroquois	10 hr
Jun 5, 5:06 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Winnebago	4 days
Jun 5, 5:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	Kankakee, Will	6 hr
Jun 4, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Jasper	37 min
Jun 4, 8:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Jasper, Newton	114 min
Jun 4, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Jasper, Newton	13 min
Jun 4, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Jasper	32 min
Jun 4, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lake, Porter	41 min
Jun 4, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Jasper, Newton	60 min
Jun 5, 12:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Jasper, Lake, Porter	6 hr
Jun 5, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Jasper	30 min
Jun 5, 12:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Jasper, Newton	48 min
Jun 5, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake, Newton	5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2008 Every 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.