Alert archive / Illinois / River Flood Warnings in 2013

River Flood Warning 85, NWS Chicago, IL

June 26, 2013Lee County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 26, 2013, 3:46 PM CDT for Lee County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 28, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 2013, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 28, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 27, 2013, 7:55 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Flood severity: Minor

County Lee County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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 Rock River at Dixon (DXRI2). The gauge peaked at 15.38 ft at Jun 28, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05442300, 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 26, 3:40 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 3:40 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 11:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 10:38 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jun 26, 10:43 AM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jun 26, 10:56 AM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jun 26, 2:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 11:28 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle	12 hr
Jun 25, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Iroquois	47 min
Jun 25, 11:33 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Lee	11 hr
Jun 25, 11:33 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Kane, Kendall	12 hr
Jun 26, 12:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Iroquois	34 min
Jun 26, 2:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Boone	37 min
Jun 26, 3:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Boone, McHenry	6 hr
Jun 26, 4:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook, Lake, McHenry	6 hr
Jun 26, 5:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Boone, Cook, Lake, McHenry	6 hr
Jun 26, 5:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	10 days
Jun 26, 7:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Kane	4 hr
Jun 26, 8:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Grundy, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle, Livingston and 1 more	26 min
Jun 26, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Cook	56 hr
Jun 26, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Kane, McHenry	9 days
Jun 26, 9:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Will	57 min
Jun 26, 9:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, McHenry, Winnebago	65 min
Jun 26, 9:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Boone, Winnebago	3 hr
Jun 26, 9:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Cook	38 min
Jun 26, 10:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	9 days
Jun 26, 10:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Boone, Winnebago	6 hr
Jun 26, 10:37 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Lee	5 hr
Jun 26, 10:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Boone, Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry	6 hr
Jun 26, 10:56 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Boone	5 hr
Jun 26, 10:56 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Winnebago	5 hr
Jun 26, 11:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Kane, Kendall	6 days
Jun 26, 11:19 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Cook	22 hr
Jun 26, 11:22 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake	70 hr
Jun 26, 11:34 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook	23 hr
Jun 26, 11:44 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle	23 hr
Jun 26, 1:37 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake	16 hr
Jun 26, 3:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Ogle	5 days
Jun 26, 3:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Boone	42 hr
Jun 26, 3:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	60 hr
Jun 26, 3:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	28 hr
Jun 26, 4:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Boone, Cook, Kane, Lake, McHenry	18 hr
Jun 25, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Porter	29 min
Jun 26, 7:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Lake, Porter	6 hr
Jun 26, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Jasper	34 min

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.