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River Flood Warning 49, NWS Chicago, IL

March 31, 2019Iroquois County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 31, 2019, 4:32 AM CDT for Iroquois County, Illinois. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2019, 4:32 AM CDT (09:32 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2019, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Iroquois County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Sugar Creek (E-IL) at Milford (MILI2). The gauge peaked at 18.84 ft at Mar 31, 2019, 10:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05525500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 8:50 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTLaSalle25 hr
Mar 31, 2:28 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTNewton42 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019

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.