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River Flood Watch 21, NWS Chicago, IL

April 17, 2013Winnebago County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood watch at Apr 17, 2013, 9:46 AM CDT for Winnebago County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 19, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2013, 9:46 AM CDT (14:46 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 19, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 17, 2013, 4:01 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Flood severity: None

County Winnebago County, IL

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kishwaukee River near Perryville (PRYI2).

Action stage: 11.5 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05440000, 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 watch 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 watch went out at Apr 17, 8:55 AM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 8:55 AM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 4:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
458 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
181000-
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-
458 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013 /558 AM EDT WED APR 17 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW MAY PRODUCE:
  HAIL TO ONE INCH.
  STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
  HEAVY RAINFALL.
  ISOLATED TORNADOES.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO STEADILY DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN IOWA
  THIS MORNING AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND
  NORTHWEST INDIANA...AS COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS INCREASES.
  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE
  POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS ALL OF THE
  OUTLOOK AREA OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH
  TONIGHT.

  DISCUSSION:

  A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE
  AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH AN ANOMALOUSLY WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS
  TO THE SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
  ALONG THIS WARM FRONT AND CONTINUE TO RIDE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY
  THROUGH TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON
  THROUGH TONIGHT AS THE INSTABILITY CONTINUES TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT
  THE DAY...MAINLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
  AT THIS TIME THE GREATEST HAZARDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS
  WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...ALONG
  WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS
  MAY BEGIN TO ROTATE ALONG OR JUST NORTH OF THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
  THUS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON
  INTO TONIGHT.

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS
  THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. WITH
  SATURATED SOILS ALREADY...ANY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL FURTHER EXACERBATE
  THE CURRENT FLOODING CONDITIONS.

PORTIONS OF MANY AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN NEAR OR
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS MAY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
ON AREA RIVERS...SOME OF WHICH ARE ALREADY NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO
LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS.

PORTIONS OF MANY AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN NEAR OR
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO

LMZ740>745-181000-
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-
458 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PERIODIC THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT FROM CHICAGO TO MICHIGAN CITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

PERIODIC THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THURSDAY.

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE
ENTIRE NEARSHORE WATERS OF ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-181000-
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-
458 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PERIODIC THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT
FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LAKE MICHIGAN. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
COULD BE STRONG AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.

OCCASIONAL GALE FORCE GUSTS MAY OCCUR THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT
MAINLY FOR THE SOUTHERN TIP OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

PERIODIC THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THURSDAY.

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO

BEACHLER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 17, 7:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
724 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0723 AM     HAIL             SYCAMORE                41.98N 88.70W
04/17/2013  E0.25 INCH       DEKALB             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 17, 7:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
748 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0747 AM     HAIL             AMBOY                   41.72N 89.33W
04/17/2013  M0.25 INCH       LEE                IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

C

Special weather statement, Apr 17, 8:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
819 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013

ILZ008-010>012-019-020-171415-
DE KALB IL-KANE IL-KENDALL IL-LA SALLE IL-LEE IL-OGLE IL-
819 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 819 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MENDOTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

CITIES AND TOWNS AFFECTED...
  MENDOTA...            PAW PAW...            EARLVILLE...
  SHABBONA...           LELAND...             WATERMAN...
  SOMONAUK...           SANDWICH...           MALTA...

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY...SANDWICH FAIRGROUNDS...TRI-COUNTY
FAIRGROUNDS...WAUBONSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. HEAVY
RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR
VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 4208 8867 4166 8834 4146 8917 4158 8917
      4158 8926 4168 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 1319Z 242DEG 34KT 4164 8908

RODRIGUEZ

Local storm report, Apr 17, 8:47 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 17, 9:32 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 17, 9:35 AM CDT, 11 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
Apr 16, 7:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	16 days
Apr 17, 3:43 AM CDT	Gale Watch	LOT		12 hr
Apr 17, 8:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	DeKalb	56 min
Apr 17, 9:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Cook, DuPage	55 min
Apr 17, 9:46 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Ogle	6 hr
Apr 17, 9:46 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Lee	6 hr
Apr 17, 10:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Lee, Ogle, Winnebago	53 min
Apr 17, 10:49 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Kane, Kendall	6 hr
Apr 17, 10:49 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	LaSalle	6 hr
Apr 17, 10:49 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Lake	6 hr
Apr 17, 10:49 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Cook	6 hr
Apr 17, 10:49 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Cook	6 hr
Apr 17, 10:49 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Will	6 hr
Apr 17, 11:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	DeKalb, DuPage, Kane	53 min
Apr 17, 11:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry	58 min
Apr 17, 11:29 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		91 min
Apr 17, 11:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Lee, Ogle, Winnebago	54 min
Apr 17, 12:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Cook, Kane, Lake, McHenry	6 hr
Apr 17, 12:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	LaSalle	10 days
Apr 17, 12:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Lee, Ogle	6 hr
Apr 17, 12:25 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Grundy	10 hr
Apr 17, 12:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Ogle, Winnebago	37 min
Apr 17, 12:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Lee, Ogle, Winnebago	62 min
Apr 17, 1:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Boone, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Winnebago	5 hr
Apr 17, 1:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry	63 min
Apr 17, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, Kane, Lake, McHenry and 1 more	61 min
Apr 17, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, Lee and 1 more	64 min
Apr 17, 3:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Cook	61 hr
Apr 17, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kankakee, Livingston, Will	31 min
Apr 17, 3:18 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook	15 hr
Apr 17, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Kendall, LaSalle	66 min
Apr 17, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee	60 min
Apr 17, 3:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Ogle	9 days
Apr 17, 3:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lee	6 days
Apr 17, 3:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	5 days
Apr 17, 4:10 PM CDT	Gale Watch	LOT		11 hr
Apr 17, 4:10 PM CDT	Gale Warning	LOT		17 hr
Apr 17, 4:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Kane, Kendall	17 days
Apr 17, 4:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	LaSalle	9 days
Apr 17, 4:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	10 days
Apr 17, 4:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Cook	10 days
Apr 17, 4:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Cook	9 days
Apr 17, 4:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Will	4 days
Apr 17, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		40 min
Apr 17, 4:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Cook	4 hr
Apr 17, 6:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 8 more	18 hr
Apr 17, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle, Livingston	57 min
Apr 17, 3:18 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake	5 hr
Apr 17, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Porter	25 min

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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.