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River Flood Warning 92, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Oct 31, 2013, 8:38 AM CDT for Will County, Illinois. It took effect at Oct 31, 2013, 2:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 31, 2013, 8:38 AM CDT (13:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 31, 2013, 2:30 PM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2013, 2:12 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- 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 13:40 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 East Branch Du Page River at Bolingbrook (BOLI2). The gauge peaked at 19.64 ft at Nov 1, 2013, 12:00 AM 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 8:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook, Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Will | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:23 AM CDT | Gale Warning | LOT | 29 hr | |
| Oct 31, 4:23 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 35 hr | |
| Oct 31, 7:25 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Will | 42 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.