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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Apr 25, 2011, 9:15 AM CDT for Iroquois County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 26, 2011, 9:53 PM CDT. It was in force for 67 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2011, 9:15 AM CDT (14:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 26, 2011, 9:53 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2011, 5:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Iroquois County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:18 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 Sugar Creek (E-IL) at Milford (MILI2).
- Action stage
- 15 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 26 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05525500, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 3:52 AM CDT | Gale Warning | LOT | 38 hr | |
| Apr 25, 3:52 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 42 hr | |
| Apr 25, 9:47 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Kankakee | 24 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 5 days |
| Apr 25, 9:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Porter | 13 days |
| Apr 25, 9:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Jasper, Porter | 13 days |
| Apr 25, 9:47 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Jasper | 24 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.