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River Flood Warning 63, NWS Chicago, IL

June 10, 2018Bureau County, LaSalle County, Putnam County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 10, 2018, 1:03 PM CDT for Bureau County, LaSalle County, Putnam County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 11, 2018, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 2018, 1:03 PM CDT (18:03 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 11, 2018, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 11, 2018, 7:37 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Bureau County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Putnam County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Illinois River near La Salle (LSLI2).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 411925089063901, 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 Jun 10, 12:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 12:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 5:11 AM CDT, 7 hours 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:09 AM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 11:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 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
Jun 10, 1:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Livingston	26 min
Jun 10, 1:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Ogle	35 min
Jun 10, 1:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee, Ogle	33 min
Jun 10, 1:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Ogle	3 hr
Jun 10, 1:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	DeKalb	19 min
Jun 10, 2:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Ford	22 min
Jun 10, 2:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	DeKalb, Ford, Grundy, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston	3 hr
Jun 10, 3:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Livingston	23 min
Jun 10, 3:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Livingston	40 min
Jun 10, 9:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Will	12 hr
Jun 10, 9:30 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Kane, Kendall, LaSalle	26 hr
Jun 10, 9:30 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	LaSalle, Will	25 hr
Jun 10, 9:30 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Grundy	37 hr
Jun 10, 9:30 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake	8 hr
Jun 10, 11:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Livingston	3 hr
Jun 10, 2:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Livingston	6 hr
Jun 10, 3:53 PM CDT	Beach Hazards Statement	LOT	Lake	17 hr

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.