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River Flood Warning 129, NWS Chicago, IL

December 2, 2018Will County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Dec 2, 2018, 7:13 AM CST for Will County, Illinois. It took effect at Dec 2, 2018, 8:30 AM CST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 2, 2018, 7:13 AM CST (13:13 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 2, 2018, 8:30 AM CST
Expired: Dec 3, 2018, 3:18 AM CST
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Will County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point East Branch Du Page River at Bolingbrook (BOLI2). The gauge peaked at 19.69 ft at Dec 2, 2018, 1:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05540250, 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 Dec 2, 5:52 AM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 5:52 AM CST, 1 hour 21 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
Dec 1, 8:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Ford, Livingston	23 min
Dec 2, 3:27 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, Lee, McHenry and 1 more	4 hr
Dec 2, 3:41 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake	5 days
Dec 2, 3:41 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake	6 days
Dec 2, 3:41 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook	7 hr
Dec 2, 3:41 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Will	39 hr
Dec 2, 3:44 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		53 hr
Dec 2, 5:33 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LOT		84 min
Dec 2, 6:40 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	LaSalle	34 hr
Dec 2, 6:43 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	6 days
Dec 2, 6:43 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	7 days
Dec 2, 6:43 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Kane, Kendall	53 hr
Dec 2, 10:12 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Boone	10 hr
Dec 2, 10:12 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Ogle	3 days
Dec 2, 10:48 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Cook	49 hr
Dec 2, 11:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam	3 days
Dec 2, 11:18 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	LaSalle	3 days
Dec 2, 11:39 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook	45 hr
Dec 1, 9:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LOT	Benton	25 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2018 Every 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.