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River Flood Advisory 2, NWS Chicago, IL

January 1, 2011Bureau County, LaSalle County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood advisory at Jan 1, 2011, 11:10 AM CST for Bureau County, LaSalle County, Illinois. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 1, 2011, 11:10 AM CST (17:10 UTC)
Expired
Jan 2, 2011, 5:07 AM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL

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 17:14 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 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 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 Jan 1, 10:08 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 10:08 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 4:19 AM CST, 6 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 3:55 AM CSTGale WarningLOT22 hr
Jan 1, 10:57 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTLaSalle24 hr
Jan 1, 11:39 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTGrundy8 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Illinois, 2011Every river flood advisory in 2011

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.