Alert archive / Illinois / River Flood Warnings in 2017
River Flood Warning 10, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jan 21, 2017, 4:43 AM CST for Lee County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2017, 4:43 AM CST (10:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2017, 4:43 AM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Lee County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:47 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 Rock River at Dixon (DXRI2). The gauge peaked at 15.39 ft at Jan 21, 2017, 5:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 13 ft
- Minor stage
- 16 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05442300, 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 21, 2:44 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 2:44 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 3:39 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 339 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 220945- WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE- DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- 339 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017 /439 AM EST SAT JAN 21 2017/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK. SIGNIFICANT FOG RISK. DISCUSSION: DENSE FOG ACROSS FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS WILL EASE BY MID TO LATE MORNING. FOG IS LIKELY TO REDEVELOP TONIGHT...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE DENSE. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF INTERSTATE 57 TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SUNDAY... LIMITED FOG RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. && LMZ740>745-220945- WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR- WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND- NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR-CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY- GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY- 339 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. DENSE FOG MAY RETURN AGAIN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY. DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN THE MORNING. MONDAY... HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY. WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY. && LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868- 870-872-874-876-878-220945- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO THE MACKINAC BRIDGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLEVOIX MI TO SOUTH FOX ISLAND 5 NM OFFSHORE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM CHARLEVOIX TO POINT BETSIE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WILMETTE HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST. JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- 339 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AREAS OF FOG WILL CONTINUE...WITH THE DENSE FOG MOST FAVORED ACROSS THE NORTH AND CENTRAL TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY...MAINLY IN THE MORNING. && MTF/KREIN VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 10:02 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 36 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:02 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 17 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:44 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 5 days |
| Jan 21, 12:43 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 2 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:01 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 66 hr | |
| Jan 21, 10:36 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Jasper | 36 hr |
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.