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River Flood Advisory 9, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood advisory at Feb 2, 2016, 7:51 PM CST for Cook County, Illinois. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2016, 7:51 PM CST (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2016, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cook County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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 Des Plaines (DSPI2). The gauge peaked at 12.73 ft at Feb 3, 2016, 7:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 13.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 19 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05529000, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 6:03 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 9 hr | |
| Feb 2, 6:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Iroquois | 34 min |
| Feb 2, 6:48 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 3 hr |
| Feb 2, 7:39 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Will | 42 hr |
| Feb 2, 7:51 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook | 26 hr |
| Feb 2, 7:51 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Will | 29 hr |
| Feb 2, 7:51 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Kane, Kendall | 6 days |
| Feb 2, 7:51 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | LaSalle | 65 hr |
| Feb 2, 7:51 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | DuPage | 21 hr |
| Feb 2, 9:55 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 2, 9:57 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 29 hr | |
| Feb 3, 10:47 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | LaSalle | 50 hr |
| Feb 3, 10:47 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam | 61 hr |
| Feb 2, 7:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Benton, Jasper, Newton | 33 min |
| Feb 2, 8:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Benton | 26 min |
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.