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River Flood Warning 114, NWS Chicago, IL

July 22, 2017Bureau County, LaSalle County, Putnam County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jul 22, 2017, 10:33 AM CDT for Bureau County, LaSalle County, Putnam County, Illinois. It took effect at Jul 22, 2017, 2:23 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2017, 10:33 AM CDT (15:33 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 22, 2017, 2:23 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 27, 2017, 8:02 PM CDT
In force: 5 days
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 15:36 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 Jul 22, 5:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 5:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 4:34 AM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 22, 5:26 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 22, 6:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 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
Jul 21, 7:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Ogle	6 hr
Jul 21, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee	47 min
Jul 21, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee, Ogle	45 min
Jul 21, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kendall, LaSalle	44 min
Jul 21, 8:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle	3 hr
Jul 21, 8:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	Kankakee	3 hr
Jul 21, 8:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Iroquois	29 min
Jul 21, 8:21 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		54 min
Jul 21, 8:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Boone, McHenry, Winnebago	6 hr
Jul 21, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Lee	27 min
Jul 21, 8:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook	3 hr
Jul 21, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Kendall	14 min
Jul 21, 9:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake, McHenry	3 hr
Jul 21, 9:36 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	LaSalle	63 hr
Jul 21, 11:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook, DeKalb, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall and 4 more	3 hr
Jul 22, 12:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Iroquois	14 min
Jul 22, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	24 min
Jul 22, 1:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	Ogle	6 hr
Jul 22, 2:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Boone, McHenry, Winnebago	3 hr
Jul 22, 6:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Ogle	27 hr
Jul 22, 9:28 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook	21 hr
Jul 22, 10:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	LaSalle	66 hr
Jul 22, 10:37 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Grundy	58 hr
Jul 22, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Benton, Jasper	31 min
Jul 22, 3:38 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Lake, Newton	24 hr
Jul 22, 9:08 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Jasper	36 hr
Jul 22, 9:08 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	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.