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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Chicago, IL

June 8, 2015Iroquois County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 8, 2015, 7:49 AM CDT for Iroquois County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 9, 2015, 4:20 AM CDT. It was in force for 26 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2015, 7:49 AM CDT (12:49 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 9, 2015, 4:20 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 5, 2015, 8:43 AM CDT
In force: 26 days
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 12:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Iroquois River at Iroquois (IRQI2). The gauge peaked at 25.26 ft at Jun 21, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05525000, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Jun 8, 6:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 6:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes 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
Jun 7, 8:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston	4 hr
Jun 7, 8:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	72 min
Jun 7, 9:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Iroquois	67 hr
Jun 7, 9:25 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Iroquois	4 days
Jun 7, 10:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee	5 hr
Jun 7, 11:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, LaSalle, Livingston and 1 more	11 hr
Jun 8, 3:05 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		16 hr
Jun 8, 8:18 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Kankakee	36 hr
Jun 8, 8:29 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LOT		44 hr
Jun 8, 12:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam	34 hr
Jun 8, 1:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		112 min
Jun 8, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lake	27 min
Jun 8, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lake	37 min
Jun 8, 2:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Kankakee	48 hr
Jun 8, 2:55 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Grundy, Will	52 hr
Jun 8, 2:55 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Grundy	16 hr
Jun 8, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Kane, Lake, McHenry	44 min
Jun 8, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, Lee	50 min
Jun 8, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		92 min
Jun 8, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		84 min
Jun 8, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage	30 min
Jun 8, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kane, Kendall	42 min
Jun 8, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		93 min
Jun 8, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		59 min
Jun 8, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Livingston	53 min
Jun 8, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	37 min
Jun 7, 9:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake, Newton	51 days
Jun 7, 9:25 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Jasper	60 hr
Jun 7, 9:25 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Newton	4 days
Jun 8, 4:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Jasper	22 days
Jun 8, 7:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Newton	26 days
Jun 8, 9:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Jasper, Porter	3 days
Jun 8, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Porter	49 min
Jun 8, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lake	14 min
Jun 8, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lake	40 min
Jun 8, 4:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake, Porter	4 hr
Jun 8, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lake, Porter	56 min
Jun 8, 5:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Lake, Porter	6 hr
Jun 8, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter	43 min
Jun 8, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Jasper	32 min
Jun 8, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Benton, Newton	37 min

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.