Alert archive / Illinois / River Flood Warnings in 2014
River Flood Warning 31, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Apr 4, 2014, 6:48 AM CDT for Iroquois County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2014, 6:48 AM CDT (11:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2014, 10:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Iroquois County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Sugar Creek (E-IL) at Milford (MILI2). The gauge peaked at 18.96 ft at Apr 4, 2014, 5:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 15 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 26 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05525500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
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.