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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Chicago, IL

April 16, 2013Bureau County, LaSalle County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Apr 16, 2013, 11:19 AM CDT for Bureau County, LaSalle County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 17, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 25 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2013, 11:19 AM CDT (16:19 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 17, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 12, 2013, 4:55 AM CDT
In force: 25 days
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Bureau County, IL, LaSalle County, IL

The river

Written for the forecast point Illinois River near La Salle (LSLI2).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 411925089063901, 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 Apr 16, 11:01 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 11:01 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 10:46 AM CDT, 33 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
Apr 15, 8:01 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Iroquois	50 hr
Apr 16, 11:31 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	LaSalle	25 hr
Apr 16, 11:55 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Winnebago	8 hr
Apr 16, 4:31 PM CDT	Flood Watch	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more	59 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.