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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Chicago, IL

February 4, 2019Lee County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Feb 4, 2019, 9:29 AM CST for Lee County, Illinois. It took effect at Feb 4, 2019, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 4, 2019, 9:29 AM CST (15:29 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 4, 2019, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 14, 2019, 3:32 PM CST
In force: 10 days
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lee County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rock River at Dixon (DXRI2). The gauge peaked at 18.27 ft at Feb 8, 2019, 4:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05442300, 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 Feb 4, 5:55 AM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 5:55 AM CST, 3 hours 34 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
Feb 3, 8:49 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Winnebago	21 days
Feb 3, 8:49 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Winnebago	21 days
Feb 3, 8:49 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Winnebago	23 hr
Feb 3, 8:49 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Lee	21 days
Feb 3, 9:23 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Kane, Kendall	7 days
Feb 3, 9:23 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	LaSalle	24 hr
Feb 4, 11:22 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Iroquois	34 hr
Feb 4, 12:04 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	LaSalle	48 hr
Feb 4, 2:05 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee and 8 more	34 hr
Feb 4, 5:10 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook	4 hr
Feb 3, 9:24 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Newton	7 days

Nearby

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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.