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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Chicago, IL

September 11, 2016Bureau County, LaSalle County, Putnam County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Sep 11, 2016, 9:44 AM CDT for Bureau County, LaSalle County, Putnam County, Illinois. It took effect at Sep 11, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2016, 9:44 AM CDT (14:44 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 11, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 12, 2016, 3:37 AM CDT
In force
15 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 14:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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 Sep 10, 5:15 PM CDT, 16 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 5:15 PM CDT, 16 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 8:13 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTLaSalle41 hr
Sep 11, 8:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTLake, Newton7 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2016Every river flood warning in 2016

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.