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River Flood Warning 68, NWS Chicago, IL

June 19, 2018Winnebago County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 19, 2018, 9:17 AM CDT for Winnebago County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 20, 2018, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2018, 9:17 AM CDT (14:17 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 20, 2018, 9:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 28, 2018, 6:29 AM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Winnebago County, IL

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pecatonica River near Shirland (SIRI2). The gauge peaked at 12.46 ft at Jun 24, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 12 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 05437050, 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 19, 7:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 7:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:03 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 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 18, 9:40 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Boone	66 hr
Jun 18, 9:51 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Kane, McHenry	5 hr
Jun 18, 9:53 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Kane, Kendall	7 days
Jun 18, 10:05 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake	11 hr
Jun 18, 10:32 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Winnebago	59 hr
Jun 19, 12:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	Boone, Ogle, Winnebago	12 hr
Jun 19, 2:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Boone	37 hr
Jun 19, 2:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	18 hr
Jun 19, 2:16 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Ogle	42 hr
Jun 19, 2:16 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Lee	13 days
Jun 19, 2:22 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Winnebago	7 hr
Jun 19, 2:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Kane, McHenry	31 hr
Jun 19, 3:05 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake	5 days
Jun 19, 3:05 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook	17 hr
Jun 19, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	11 days
Jun 19, 9:32 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Will	11 hr
Jun 19, 9:35 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Winnebago	4 days
Jun 19, 9:35 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Winnebago	4 days
Jun 19, 4:18 PM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LOT		17 hr
Jun 19, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle, Livingston	40 min
Jun 19, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston	25 min
Jun 19, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Iroquois	35 min
Jun 19, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Iroquois	29 min
Jun 19, 6:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	3 hr
Jun 19, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Jasper	44 min
Jun 19, 2:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter	3 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.