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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Chicago, IL

April 28, 2011Kane County, McHenry County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Apr 28, 2011, 8:23 PM CDT for Kane County, McHenry County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 29, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2011, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 29, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 2, 2011, 10:57 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 01:22 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 8:15 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryLOTBoone, DeKalb, Kane, Lee, McHenry, Ogle and 1 more12 hr
Apr 29, 3:22 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOT43 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.