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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 14, 2016, 9:16 AM CDT for Iroquois County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 15, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 57 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2016, 9:16 AM CDT (14:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2016, 11:47 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Iroquois County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Iroquois River at Iroquois (IRQI2). The gauge peaked at 17.88 ft at Mar 16, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 17 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 25 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05525000, 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 Mar 14, 6:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 6:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 9:19 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Iroquois | 31 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:56 PM CDT | Gale Watch | LOT | 12 hr | |
| Mar 13, 9:27 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Jasper | 46 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:27 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Newton | 5 days |
| Mar 14, 9:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake, Newton | 5 days |
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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.