Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Watches in 2017
Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this flash flood watch at Oct 14, 2017, 2:55 AM CDT for 12 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 14, 2017, 2:55 AM CDT (07:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Boone County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Winnebago County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Oct 14, 2:50 AM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 2:50 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 3:18 AM CDT | Gale Watch | LOT | 6 hr | |
| Oct 14, 3:18 AM CDT | Gale Warning | LOT | 40 hr | |
| Oct 14, 3:18 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 28 hr | |
| Oct 14, 7:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle | 3 hr |
| Oct 14, 8:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Will | 3 days |
| Oct 14, 8:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Cook | 54 hr |
| Oct 14, 8:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | DuPage | 49 hr |
| Oct 14, 8:23 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook | 47 hr |
| Oct 14, 8:23 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Will | 65 hr |
| Oct 14, 8:23 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Will | 47 hr |
| Oct 14, 8:23 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Kane, Kendall | 36 hr |
| Oct 14, 8:23 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook | 3 days |
| Oct 14, 11:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Will | 68 hr |
| Oct 14, 11:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Will | 3 days |
| Oct 14, 11:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Kane, Kendall | 44 hr |
| Oct 14, 11:46 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | LaSalle | 55 hr |
| Oct 14, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | LaSalle | 45 min |
| Oct 14, 9:16 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Lake | 36 hr |
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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.