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River Flood Warning 78, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jul 18, 2015, 9:39 AM CDT for Kankakee County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2015, 9:39 AM CDT (14:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Kankakee County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Kankakee River at Momence (MOMI2). The gauge peaked at 5.53 ft at Jul 18, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 4.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 6.5 ft
- Major stage
- 9 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05520500, 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 Jul 18, 9:24 AM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 9:24 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 17, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 10:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Will | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 12:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | McHenry | 23 min |
| Jul 18, 2:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | McHenry | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 98 min | |
| Jul 18, 3:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 26 min |
| Jul 18, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake | 13 min |
| Jul 18, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 13 min |
| Jul 18, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 113 min | |
| Jul 18, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Lake, McHenry | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake | 13 min |
| Jul 17, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 8:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Lake, Porter | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Porter | 15 min |
| Jul 18, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Porter | 23 min |
| Jul 18, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Jasper, Porter | 13 min |
| Jul 18, 5:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Porter | 3 hr |
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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.