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River Flood Warning 91, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Dec 14, 2015, 8:28 AM CST for Winnebago County, Illinois. It took effect at Dec 15, 2015, 4:30 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2015, 8:28 AM CST (14:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2015, 4:30 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2015, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Winnebago County, IL
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:28 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 Kishwaukee River near Perryville (PRYI2). The gauge peaked at 11.02 ft at Dec 15, 2015, 8:00 PM CST.
- Action stage
- 11.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 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 05440000, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 9:11 PM CST | River Flood Watch | LOT | LaSalle | 51 hr |
| Dec 13, 10:28 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Will | 56 hr |
| Dec 14, 8:28 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 6 days |
| Dec 14, 8:56 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Boone | 63 hr |
| Dec 14, 8:56 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Winnebago | 7 days |
| Dec 14, 8:56 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Lee | 5 days |
| Dec 14, 9:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 5 days |
| Dec 14, 9:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Kane, Kendall | 44 hr |
| Dec 14, 9:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 53 hr |
| Dec 14, 10:06 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Lake | 5 days |
| Dec 14, 10:18 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Kane, McHenry | 7 days |
| Dec 14, 11:26 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam | 3 days |
| Dec 14, 11:32 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | LaSalle | 36 hr |
| Dec 14, 1:59 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Will | 16 hr |
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.