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River Flood Advisory 9, NWS Chicago, IL

May 7, 2012Iroquois County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood advisory at May 7, 2012, 3:36 PM CDT for Iroquois County, Illinois. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2012, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2012, 10:21 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL

County Iroquois County, IL

The river

Written for the forecast point Iroquois River at Iroquois (IRQI2). The gauge peaked at 17.91 ft at May 8, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05525000, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at May 7, 3:06 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 3:06 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 11:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 7, 10:21 AM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 12:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1234 PM CDT MON MAY 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1233 PM     HEAVY RAIN       CHESTERTON              41.60N 87.06W
05/07/2012  M1.00 INCH       PORTER             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1 INCH PAST 24 HOURS.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Cook	59 min
May 6, 9:23 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Lake	13 hr
May 6, 9:40 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Will	24 hr
May 6, 9:40 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Iroquois	67 hr
May 6, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kankakee, Will	50 min
May 6, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Cook	43 min
May 6, 10:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Cook	40 min
May 6, 10:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee	6 hr
May 6, 11:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Grundy	36 min
May 6, 11:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, Livingston	8 hr
May 6, 11:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Cook, Grundy, Kankakee, Kendall, Will	6 hr
May 7, 12:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee	7 hr
May 7, 1:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Iroquois	6 hr
May 7, 2:02 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Kane, Kendall	8 hr
May 7, 3:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Ford, Livingston	4 hr
May 7, 5:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee	2 hr
May 7, 5:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kankakee, Will	12 hr
May 7, 6:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle	5 days
May 7, 6:23 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Grundy	16 hr
May 7, 6:23 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	LaSalle	16 hr
May 7, 7:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, LaSalle, Livingston	22 hr
May 7, 8:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	LaSalle	9 hr
May 7, 10:06 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Grundy, Will	68 hr
May 7, 10:06 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Grundy	8 hr
May 7, 5:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Grundy	28 hr
May 7, 5:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kankakee, Will	12 hr
May 7, 2:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Benton, Jasper	65 min
May 7, 9:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake, Newton	36 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Illinois, 2012 Every river flood advisory in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.