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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Chicago, IL

March 9, 2011Lake County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 9, 2011, 10:07 AM CST for Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 12, 2011, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2011, 10:07 AM CST (16:07 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 12, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 11, 2011, 10:46 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Flood severity
Minor

County Lake County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 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 Des Plaines River near Russell (RUSI2). The gauge peaked at 6.74 ft at Mar 11, 2011, 11:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
6.5 ft
Minor stage
7 ft
Moderate stage
9 ft
Major stage
10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05527800, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 9:01 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTKane, Kendall4 days
Mar 9, 10:13 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTLake50 hr
Mar 9, 10:13 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTWill10 hr
Mar 9, 10:13 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTPorter51 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2011Every river flood warning 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.