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River Flood Warning 60, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2011, 9:08 PM CDT for Will County, Illinois. It took effect at May 26, 2011, 10:29 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2011, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 26, 2011, 10:29 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2011, 5:41 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Will County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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 East Branch Du Page River at Bolingbrook (BOLI2). The gauge peaked at 19.46 ft at May 26, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 18 ft
- Minor stage
- 20 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 24 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05540250, 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 warning 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 warning went out at May 26, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 27, 9:45 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Iroquois | 10 hr |
| May 27, 9:45 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Iroquois | 10 hr |
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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.