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River Flood Warning 96, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Dec 14, 2015, 11:26 AM CST for Bureau County, LaSalle County, Putnam County, Illinois. It took effect at Dec 15, 2015, 5:15 AM CST. It was in force for 61 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2015, 11:26 AM CST (17:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2015, 5:15 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 61 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Bureau County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Putnam County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 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 near La Salle (LSLI2).
- Action stage
- 19 ft
- Minor stage
- 20 ft
- Moderate stage
- 27 ft
- Major stage
- 31 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 411925089063901, 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 | 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, 11:32 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.