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River Flood Warning 111, NWS Chicago, IL

September 6, 2018Kane County, Kendall County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Sep 6, 2018, 9:26 AM CDT for Kane County, Kendall County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 2018, 9:26 AM CDT (14:26 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2018, 8:35 AM CDT
In force
47 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 14:27 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). The gauge peaked at 13.02 ft at Sep 6, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT.

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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 Sep 6, 6:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 6:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTLaSalle14 min
Sep 6, 9:47 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTLake36 hr
Sep 6, 3:51 PM CDTBeach Hazards StatementLOTPorter11 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2018Every river flood warning in 2018

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.