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River Flood Warning 39, NWS Chicago, IL

May 17, 2014Bureau County, LaSalle County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at May 17, 2014, 10:59 AM CDT for Bureau County, LaSalle County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 2014, 10:59 AM CDT (15:59 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
47 hr
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Bureau County, IL, LaSalle County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 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 Illinois River near La Salle (LSLI2).

Action stage
19 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
27 ft
Major stage
31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 411925089063901, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 8:46 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryLOTBoone, DeKalb, Kane, Lee, McHenry, Ogle and 1 more10 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2014Every river flood warning in 2014

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.