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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 23, 2011, 4:28 AM CDT for Kane County, McHenry County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 26, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2011, 4:28 AM CDT (09:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 26, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2011, 9:54 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Flood severity
- Minor
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 09:31 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 Fox River at Algonquin (ALGI2).
- 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Boone, Lee, Ogle, Winnebago | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 1:08 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 50 hr | |
| Mar 23, 4:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 17 hr |
| Mar 22, 9:31 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | LOT | Lake, Newton | 13 hr |
| Mar 23, 10:44 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Lake, Newton | 10 hr |
Nearby
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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.