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River Flood Warning 50, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at May 15, 2018, 9:49 PM CDT for Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at May 16, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 54 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2018, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 16, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2018, 6:49 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Lake County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Des Plaines River at Lincolnshire (LDRI2). The gauge peaked at 12.84 ft at May 16, 2018, 9:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 11.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 12.5 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 05528100, 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 May 15, 2:35 PM CDT, 7 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 2:35 PM CDT, 7 hours 14 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Kane, McHenry | 4 days |
| May 16, 9:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake, Newton | 6 days |
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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.