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River Flood Warning 39, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 13, 2019, 10:07 AM CDT for Winnebago County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 13, 2019, 9:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2019, 10:07 AM CDT (15:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2019, 9:35 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2019, 10:07 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 days
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Winnebago County, IL
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Rock River at Rockton (ROKI2). The gauge peaked at 15.13 ft at Mar 17, 2019, 6:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 8.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 11 ft
- Major stage
- 14 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05437500, 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 Mar 13, 6:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 6:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 13, 9:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
904 AM CDT WED MAR 13 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0845 AM FLOOD AMBOY 41.71N 89.33W
03/13/2019 LEE IL EMERGENCY MNGR
LEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS
FLOODING OF GREEN RIVER IN THE VICINITY OF
AMBOY. FLOODING WAS IMPACTING SHAPIRO PARK
IN AMBOY.
0830 AM FLOOD LEAF RIVER 42.13N 89.40W
03/13/2019 OGLE IL EMERGENCY MNGR
OGLE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS
FLOODING OF LEAF RIVER. FLOOD WATERS WERE
IMPACTING AGRICULTURAL LAND NEAR THE RIVER
AND A FEW PORTIONS OF LOW-LYING RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTIES.
0830 AM FLOOD HILLCREST 41.95N 89.08W
03/13/2019 OGLE IL EMERGENCY MNGR
OGLE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS
FLOODING OF KYTE RIVER. FLOOD WATERS
INUNDATED RIVER ROAD IN HILLCREST.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 20 days |
| Mar 12, 8:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Boone | 4 days |
| Mar 12, 8:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 5 days |
| Mar 13, 3:31 AM CDT | Gale Watch | LOT | 12 hr | |
| Mar 13, 9:56 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Lake, Lee, McHenry, Ogle and 1 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Lee, Ogle | 8 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 21 days |
| Mar 13, 10:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Kane, McHenry | 21 days |
| Mar 13, 10:50 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Lake | 4 days |
| Mar 13, 11:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam | 10 days |
| Mar 13, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | LaSalle | 4 days |
| Mar 13, 2:42 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:36 PM CDT | Gale Warning | LOT | 36 hr |
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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.