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River Flood Advisory 21, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood advisory at Mar 7, 2009, 9:26 PM CST for Winnebago County, Illinois. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2009, 9:26 PM CST (03:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2009, 12:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
County Winnebago County, IL
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 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 Rock River at Rockton (ROKI2).
- Action stage
- 8.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 11 ft
- Major stage
- 14 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05437500, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Mar 7, 6:08 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 6:08 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 7, 4:05 PM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 405 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 082215- WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE- DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- 405 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 /505 PM EST SAT MAR 7 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW MAY PRODUCE: HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES. FLASH FLOODING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT AND WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A CHICAGO TO MENDOTA LINE. DISCUSSION: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MOST NUMEROUS ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A CHICAGO TO MENDOTA LINE. A FEW OF THE STORMS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING...PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. PORTIONS OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...PARTICULARLY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE OUTLOOK AREA GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. PORTIONS OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD. ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS ON AREA RIVERS MAY GO INTO FLOOD EARLY NEXT WEEK DEPENDING ON THE EXACT AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT FALLS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY HAIL...FLOODING...OR HEAVY RAINFALL OBSERVED. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO LMZ740>745-082215- WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR- WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND- NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR-CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY- GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY- 405 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL LINGER ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND AGAIN TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. HAZARDOUS WINDS AND WAVES FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868- 870-872-874-876-878-082215- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO THE MACKINAC BRIDGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLEVOIX MI TO SOUTH FOX ISLAND 5 NM OFFSHORE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM CHARLEVOIX TO POINT BETSIE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TOW RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WILMETTE HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST. JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- 405 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN...MAINLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LAKE MICHIGAN SUNDAY...AND AGAIN TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO MARSILI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 8:49 PM CST | River Flood Watch | LOT | Kankakee | 13 hr |
| Mar 7, 9:26 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Ogle | 14 hr |
| Mar 7, 9:37 PM CST | River Flood Watch | LOT | Winnebago | 14 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:05 AM CDT | Gale Warning | LOT | 22 hr | |
| Mar 8, 3:05 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 14 hr | |
| Mar 8, 4:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 10 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 8, 6:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 5 days |
| Mar 8, 6:25 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | LOT | Lake | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 6:25 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | LOT | Lake | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 6:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Cook | 4 days |
| Mar 8, 6:38 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook | 62 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, Livingston | 64 min |
| Mar 8, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kendall, Will | 26 min |
| Mar 8, 9:13 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LOT | Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 11 days |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Grundy, Will | 6 days |
| Mar 8, 11:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 6 days |
| Mar 8, 11:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 8 days |
| Mar 8, 11:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Cook | 6 days |
| Mar 8, 11:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Cook | 4 days |
| Mar 8, 11:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 4 days |
| Mar 8, 12:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 12 days |
| Mar 8, 12:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 8 days |
| Mar 8, 12:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Ogle | 5 days |
| Mar 8, 12:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Boone | 58 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 4 days |
| Mar 8, 12:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 10 days |
| Mar 8, 12:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Grundy | 7 days |
| Mar 8, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, Will | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 1:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Kane, McHenry | 11 days |
| Mar 8, 1:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 11 days |
| Mar 8, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 51 min |
| Mar 8, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 65 min |
| Mar 8, 2:12 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | DeKalb | 55 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:36 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 6:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 38 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Porter | 18 days |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Jasper, Porter | 19 days |
| Mar 8, 10:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Jasper | 9 days |
| Mar 8, 1:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Newton | 11 days |
Nearby
River Flood Advisories in Illinois, 2009Every river flood advisory in 2009
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.