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River Flood Warning 89, NWS Chicago, IL

June 9, 2008Kane County, McHenry County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 9, 2008, 10:16 AM CDT for Kane County, McHenry County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 9, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 9, 2008, 10:16 AM CDT (15:16 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 9, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 30, 2008, 9:02 AM CDT
In force: 21 days
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Kane County, IL, McHenry County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Fox River at Algonquin (ALGI2). The gauge peaked at 2.99 ft at Jun 19, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 2.8 ft
Minor stage: 3 ft
Moderate stage: 3.3 ft
Major stage: 4 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05550000, 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 9, 6:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 6:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 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 8, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, Lake, McHenry, Winnebago	54 min
Jun 8, 8:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	23 days
Jun 8, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Ogle and 1 more	48 min
Jun 8, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		58 min
Jun 8, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		87 min
Jun 8, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry	64 min
Jun 8, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee	28 min
Jun 8, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee	29 min
Jun 8, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle	17 min
Jun 8, 11:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	3 hr
Jun 9, 4:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	42 days
Jun 9, 4:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	29 days
Jun 9, 5:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	9 days
Jun 9, 5:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	16 hr
Jun 9, 11:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Ogle	20 days
Jun 9, 11:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	10 hr
Jun 9, 12:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle	34 hr

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.