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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Chicago, IL

January 8, 2017Grundy County, Will County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jan 8, 2017, 10:02 PM CST for Grundy County, Will County, Illinois. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 8, 2017, 10:02 PM CST (04:02 UTC)
Expired: Jan 18, 2017, 4:15 PM CST
In force: 10 days
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Grundy County, IL, Will County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kankakee River near Wilmington (WLMI2). The gauge peaked at 9.63 ft at Jan 10, 2017, 4:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 6.5 ft
Moderate stage: 8 ft
Major stage: 10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05527500, 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 Jan 8, 9:33 PM CST, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 9:33 PM CST, 29 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 9, 4:04 AM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		11 hr
Jan 9, 4:04 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		26 hr
Jan 9, 3:02 PM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		38 hr
Jan 9, 7:12 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake, Newton	3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2017 Every river flood warning in 2017

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.