Alert archive / Illinois / River Flood Warnings in 2013
River Flood Warning 63, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at May 27, 2013, 11:18 AM CDT for Bureau County, LaSalle County, Illinois. It took effect at May 28, 2013, 4:20 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2013, 11:18 AM CDT (16:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 28, 2013, 4:20 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2013, 8:54 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 days
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Bureau County, IL, LaSalle County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 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 May 26, 5:14 PM CDT, 18 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 5:14 PM CDT, 18 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 4:35 PM CDT, 18 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 435 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 272145- WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE- DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- 435 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013 /535 PM EDT SUN MAY 26 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING LIKELY DURING THE LATER EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND THEN THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. PRIMARY THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT. && LMZ740>745-272145- WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR- WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND- NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR-CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY- GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY- 435 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...BECOMING LIKELY OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THERE MAY BE HAZARDOUS WINDS AND WAVES FOR SMALL CRAFT ON THE ILLINOIS WATERS MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE MAY BE HAZARDOUS WINDS FOR SMALL CRAFT ON THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA WATERS TUESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY ON THE ILLINOIS WATERS. THERE WILL BE MORE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA WATERS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. && LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868- 870-872-874-876-878-272145- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO THE MACKINAC BRIDGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLEVOIX MI TO SOUTH FOX ISLAND 5 NM OFFSHORE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM CHARLEVOIX TO POINT BETSIE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WILMETTE HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST. JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- 435 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LAKE...MAINLY OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE LAKE MONDAY. THERE WILL BE PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OR ALL OF THE LAKE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. && VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 9:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | LaSalle, Livingston | 10 hr |
| May 26, 11:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, LaSalle, Livingston | 10 hr |
| May 27, 8:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 8 days |
| May 27, 8:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LOT | Ford, LaSalle, Livingston | 6 hr |
| May 27, 10:15 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Livingston | 21 hr |
| May 27, 1:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOT | DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 6 more | 40 hr |
| May 27, 2:40 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Iroquois | 54 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2013Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.