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River Flood Warning 77, NWS Chicago, IL

June 13, 2013LaSalle County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 13, 2013, 6:45 AM CDT for LaSalle County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 13, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2013, 6:45 AM CDT (11:45 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 13, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 13, 2013, 11:29 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Flood severity: Minor

County LaSalle County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Fox River at Dayton (DAYI2). The gauge peaked at 11.41 ft at Jun 13, 2013, 8:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05552500, 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 Jun 13, 6:14 AM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 6:14 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 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
Jun 12, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Kendall, LaSalle	23 min
Jun 12, 7:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Lake	25 min
Jun 12, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		58 min
Jun 12, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, Will	57 min
Jun 12, 8:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Kankakee, Will	6 hr
Jun 12, 8:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle	4 days
Jun 12, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Lee, Ogle	34 min
Jun 12, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	77 min
Jun 12, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, Lee	58 min
Jun 12, 9:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee	6 hr
Jun 12, 9:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Will	8 hr
Jun 12, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Kendall, LaSalle, Lee	63 min
Jun 12, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		30 min
Jun 13, 2:40 AM CDT	Beach Hazards Statement	LOT	Lake	34 hr
Jun 13, 5:36 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	LaSalle	40 hr
Jun 13, 6:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Cook	13 hr
Jun 12, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter	67 min
Jun 12, 8:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	10 hr
Jun 12, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Jasper, Newton	72 min
Jun 12, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Benton	63 min
Jun 12, 9:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake, Newton	6 days
Jun 12, 10:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Jasper, Newton	37 min
Jun 13, 11:32 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Jasper	9 hr
Jun 13, 11:32 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Newton	4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2013 Every 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.