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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 30, 2017, 7:58 AM CDT for Cook County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 30, 2017, 10:28 AM CDT. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2017, 7:58 AM CDT (12:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2017, 10:28 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2017, 9:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Cook County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:00 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 Thorn Creek at Thornton (THNI2). The gauge peaked at 12.24 ft at Mar 31, 2017, 12:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 7.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 9 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 15.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05536275, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 9:47 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | LOT | Lake | 24 hr |
| Mar 29, 9:47 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | LOT | Lake | 4 days |
| Mar 29, 9:54 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Will | 3 days |
| Mar 29, 10:11 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | LOT | LaSalle | 6 days |
| Mar 30, 5:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Will | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 8:02 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook | 36 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 11 days |
| Mar 30, 9:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 13 days |
| Mar 30, 9:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Will | 48 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Lake | 4 days |
| Mar 30, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook | 4 days |
| Mar 30, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook | 3 days |
| Mar 30, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Kankakee | 65 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Will | 45 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Kane, Kendall | 7 days |
| Mar 30, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | LaSalle | 4 days |
| Mar 30, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Grundy | 42 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook | 33 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 64 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam | 20 days |
| Mar 30, 11:32 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Grundy | 3 days |
| Mar 30, 1:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Kane, Kendall | 3 days |
| Mar 30, 3:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 47 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:00 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Kane, McHenry | 4 days |
| Mar 30, 4:00 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Will | 36 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:00 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | LaSalle | 62 hr |
| Mar 30, 5:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee | 6 hr |
| Mar 30, 7:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 24 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Benton | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Benton | 12 min |
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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.