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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Chicago, IL

May 30, 201316 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this flash flood watch at May 30, 2013, 4:09 AM CDT for 16 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at May 30, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2013, 4:09 AM CDT (09:09 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 1, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Flood severity: None

All 21 counties

Boone County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at May 30, 3:37 AM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:37 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

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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 29, 8:55 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		24 hr
May 30, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee	60 min
May 30, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		85 min
May 30, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston, Will	65 min
May 30, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Will	34 min
May 30, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		97 min
May 30, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston	56 min
May 30, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		2 hr
May 30, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, Will	59 min
May 30, 4:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Will	3 hr
May 30, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Will	47 min
May 30, 5:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook, Will	3 hr
May 30, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle, Lee, Ogle, Winnebago	70 min
May 30, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	64 min
May 30, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		51 min
May 30, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Winnebago	78 min
May 30, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Lake	47 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Illinois, 2013 Flash Flood Watches in Indiana, 2013 Every flash flood watch in 2013

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.