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River Flood Advisory 13, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood advisory at Feb 19, 2018, 8:31 PM CST for Cook County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2018, 8:31 PM CST (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2018, 8:29 AM CST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cook County, IL
The river
Written for the forecast point Little Calumet River at South Holland (SHLI2). The gauge peaked at 19.23 ft at Feb 21, 2018, 11:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 16 ft
- Moderate stage
- 17.5 ft
- Major stage
- 19.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05536290, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Feb 19, 5:40 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 5:40 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 19, 4:33 PM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Feb 19, 8:24 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Lake, Lee, McHenry and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 19, 8:33 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Cook | 67 hr |
| Feb 19, 9:13 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Will | 3 days |
| Feb 19, 9:19 PM CST | River Flood Watch | LOT | Kane, McHenry | 51 hr |
| Feb 19, 9:19 PM CST | River Flood Watch | LOT | Kane, Kendall | 4 days |
| Feb 19, 9:19 PM CST | River Flood Watch | LOT | LaSalle | 4 days |
| Feb 19, 9:29 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | DuPage | 56 hr |
| Feb 19, 9:52 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 8 days |
| Feb 19, 10:01 PM CST | River Flood Watch | LOT | Winnebago | 3 days |
| Feb 19, 10:16 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Lee | 36 hr |
| Feb 19, 10:21 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Grundy, Will | 8 days |
| Feb 19, 10:44 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LOT | Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 8 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 19, 11:46 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Will | 36 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:49 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 18 hr | |
| Feb 20, 3:17 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Grundy | 36 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:27 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Kane, McHenry | 12 days |
| Feb 20, 3:27 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Kane, Kendall | 11 days |
| Feb 20, 3:27 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 4 days |
| Feb 20, 3:45 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook | 36 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:51 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | DeKalb | 36 hr |
| Feb 20, 6:16 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Boone | 3 days |
| Feb 20, 8:28 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 6 days |
| Feb 20, 8:28 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 7 days |
| Feb 20, 9:34 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 4 days |
| Feb 20, 10:00 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Winnebago | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:19 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 12 days |
| Feb 20, 10:19 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Ogle | 10 days |
| Feb 20, 10:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 14 days |
| Feb 20, 10:45 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:56 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Lake | 58 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:56 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook | 67 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Cook | 66 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Cook | 52 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:46 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Boone | 51 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:59 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 4 days |
| Feb 20, 12:44 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Grundy | 47 hr |
| Feb 20, 1:21 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Will | 53 hr |
| Feb 20, 1:21 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 84 min | |
| Feb 20, 1:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Cook, Will | 48 min |
| Feb 20, 2:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 64 min |
| Feb 20, 2:49 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Cook | 52 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:56 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 12 days |
| Feb 20, 2:56 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lee | 65 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:31 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LOT | DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 6 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:06 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 29 hr | |
| Feb 19, 9:52 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Jasper | 11 days |
| Feb 20, 3:00 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 31 hr |
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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.