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River Flood Advisory 113, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood advisory at Jul 13, 2014, 9:22 AM CDT for Cook County, Illinois. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2014, 9:22 AM CDT (14:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cook County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Thorn Creek at Thornton (THNI2). The gauge peaked at 9.58 ft at Jul 12, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 7.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 9 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 15.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05536275, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Jul 13, 8:57 AM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 8:57 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ogle, Winnebago | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 8:58 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Cook | 16 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ogle, Winnebago | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 9:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Will | 28 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 63 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lee, Ogle, Winnebago | 56 min |
| Jul 12, 9:32 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Kane, McHenry | 4 days |
| Jul 12, 9:32 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Kane, Kendall | 6 days |
| Jul 12, 9:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle | 4 days |
| Jul 12, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, Lee, Ogle | 52 min |
| Jul 12, 10:03 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | LaSalle | 4 days |
| Jul 12, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 117 min | |
| Jul 12, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 2 hr | |
| Jul 12, 10:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Winnebago | 4 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 10:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 11:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Ford, Livingston | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Iroquois | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 9:22 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Will | 22 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:22 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | LaSalle | 36 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:53 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Grundy | 29 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Benton | 36 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.