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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Chicago, IL

March 1, 2017Bureau County, LaSalle County, Putnam County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 1, 2017, 12:21 AM CST for Bureau County, LaSalle County, Putnam County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 2, 2017, 8:00 PM CST. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 1, 2017, 12:21 AM CST (06:21 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 2, 2017, 8:00 PM CST
Expired: Mar 4, 2017, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Bureau County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Putnam County, IL

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 Feb 28, 11:32 PM CST, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 11:32 PM CST, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 8:59 PM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 28, 10:43 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 28, 10:58 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 28, 11:20 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Feb 28, 11:27 PM CST, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 28, 11:54 PM CST, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 1, 12:19 AM CST, 2 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
Feb 28, 6:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Grundy, Kendall, Will	45 min
Feb 28, 6:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LOT	Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston	32 min
Feb 28, 6:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle	51 min
Feb 28, 6:26 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook, Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, Livingston, Will	3 hr
Feb 28, 6:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kankakee, Will	46 min
Feb 28, 6:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Will	46 min
Feb 28, 7:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kendall, Will	41 min
Feb 28, 7:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle	34 min
Feb 28, 7:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Kankakee, Will	45 min
Feb 28, 8:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, LaSalle, Will	26 min
Feb 28, 8:24 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LOT		96 min
Feb 28, 8:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Kendall, LaSalle, Lee	40 min
Feb 28, 8:51 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee and 4 more	6 hr
Feb 28, 8:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Will	37 min
Feb 28, 9:09 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	Cook, Grundy, Kendall, Will	6 hr
Feb 28, 9:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle	56 min
Feb 28, 9:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Cook	33 min
Feb 28, 10:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Will	27 min
Feb 28, 10:56 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LOT		64 min
Feb 28, 11:20 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	25 min
Feb 28, 11:27 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	5 days
Feb 28, 11:28 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Cook	31 hr
Feb 28, 11:34 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Kane, Kendall	7 days
Feb 28, 11:38 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook	36 hr
Mar 1, 12:21 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Will	27 hr
Feb 28, 6:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lake, Porter	59 min
Feb 28, 7:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Porter	29 min
Feb 28, 11:25 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	29 hr
Feb 28, 11:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Jasper, Lake, Porter	28 min
Feb 28, 11:54 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Jasper, Newton	36 min
Mar 1, 12:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Jasper, Newton	26 min
Mar 1, 12:21 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake, Newton	32 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.