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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jan 11, 2014, 7:56 AM CST for Cook County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2014, 7:56 AM CST (13:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2014, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Cook County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 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 Des Plaines River at Riverside (RVRI2). The gauge peaked at 8.15 ft at Jan 11, 2014, 11:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 7 ft
- Minor stage
- 7.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 8 ft
- Major stage
- 9 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05532500, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 6:16 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:21 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:54 AM CST | Gale Watch | LOT | 25 hr | |
| Jan 11, 3:54 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 17 hr | |
| Jan 11, 8:11 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Will | 34 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.