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River Flood Warning 121, NWS Chicago, IL

October 14, 2017Kane County, Kendall County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Oct 14, 2017, 11:22 AM CDT for Kane County, Kendall County, Illinois. It took effect at Oct 14, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 14, 2017, 11:22 AM CDT (16:22 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 14, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 16, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Kane County, IL, Kendall County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Fox River at Montgomery (MNGI2).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 13.5 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05551540, 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 Oct 14, 6:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 6:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 4:24 AM CDT, 6 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 14, 9:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 14, 9:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 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
Oct 14, 2:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall and 6 more	25 hr
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, 11:46 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

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.