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River Flood Advisory 13, NWS Chicago, IL

February 22, 2014Grundy County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood advisory at Feb 22, 2014, 10:31 PM CST for Grundy County, Illinois. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 22, 2014, 10:31 PM CST (04:31 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Grundy County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Illinois River at Morris (MORI2).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 16 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 05542500, 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 Feb 22, 5:14 PM CST, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 5:14 PM CST, 5 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 3:31 PM CST, 7 hours 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
Feb 22, 10:15 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee	50 hr
Feb 23, 10:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee	13 hr
Feb 23, 2:56 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		31 hr
Feb 22, 9:51 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Jasper	50 hr
Feb 22, 10:15 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Newton	4 days
Feb 23, 10:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Newton	57 hr
Feb 23, 11:34 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Porter	4 days
Feb 23, 11:34 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Jasper, Porter	56 hr

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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.