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River Flood Warning 84, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Sep 20, 2015, 8:52 PM CDT for Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at Sep 21, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 2015, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 21, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Lake County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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 Des Plaines River near Russell (RUSI2). The gauge peaked at 7.03 ft at Sep 21, 2015, 11:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 6.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 7 ft
- Moderate stage
- 9 ft
- Major stage
- 10 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05527800, 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.