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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Chicago, IL

March 10, 2013Will County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2013, 10:20 AM CDT for Will County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 10, 2013, 5:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 10, 2013, 10:20 AM CDT (15:20 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 10, 2013, 5:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 12, 2013, 7:39 PM CDT
In force: 51 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 15:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point East Branch Du Page River at Bolingbrook (BOLI2). The gauge peaked at 20.54 ft at Mar 11, 2013, 1:00 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 Mar 10, 6:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 6:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 10, 7:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 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
Mar 10, 10:44 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Cook	11 hr
Mar 10, 10:44 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Kane, Kendall	11 hr
Mar 10, 11:04 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake	35 hr
Mar 10, 11:04 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	LaSalle	10 hr
Mar 10, 11:04 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Will	24 hr
Mar 10, 11:04 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Iroquois	24 hr
Mar 10, 11:39 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Boone	33 hr
Mar 10, 11:39 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	DeKalb	22 hr
Mar 10, 12:25 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle	10 hr
Mar 10, 12:34 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Grundy	23 hr
Mar 10, 12:34 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	LaSalle	10 hr
Mar 10, 3:28 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Lake, LaSalle, Lee and 3 more	16 hr
Mar 10, 4:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more	22 hr

Nearby

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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.