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River Flood Warning 59, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 26, 2015, 8:39 PM CDT for Grundy County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 27, 2015, 2:48 AM CDT. It was in force for 57 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2015, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 27, 2015, 2:48 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2015, 11:29 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Grundy County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:17 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 4 days |
| Jun 26, 7:17 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Grundy, Will | 4 days |
| Jun 26, 8:22 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Grundy | 23 hr |
| Jun 27, 9:17 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Iroquois | 49 hr |
| Jun 27, 9:37 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 12 hr | |
| Jun 27, 10:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee, Will | 12 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Grundy | 12 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:28 AM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | LOT | Lake, Porter | 20 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:59 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | LOT | Porter | 6 days |
| Jun 27, 8:59 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | LOT | Jasper, Porter | 5 days |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2015Every river flood warning in 2015
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.