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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Chicago, IL

January 9, 2020Kankakee County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jan 9, 2020, 10:58 AM CST for Kankakee County, Illinois. It took effect at Jan 11, 2020, 9:25 AM CST. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 9, 2020, 10:58 AM CST (16:58 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 11, 2020, 9:25 AM CST
Expired: Jan 13, 2020, 5:57 AM CST
In force: 45 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Major

County Kankakee County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kankakee River at Momence (MOMI2). The gauge peaked at 5.52 ft at Jan 11, 2020, 11:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 4.5 ft
Minor stage: 5 ft
Moderate stage: 6.5 ft
Major stage: 9 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05520500, 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 Jan 9, 6:30 AM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 6:30 AM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 9, 8:44 AM CST, 2 hours 14 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
Jan 9, 3:20 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LOT	Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, LaSalle, Livingston	15 hr
Jan 9, 3:39 AM CST	Flood Watch	LOT	DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall and 1 more	55 hr
Jan 9, 3:54 AM CST	Lakeshore Flood Watch	LOT	Lake	17 hr
Jan 9, 4:03 AM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		23 hr
Jan 9, 10:58 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kankakee, Will	70 hr
Jan 9, 11:06 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Iroquois	7 days
Jan 9, 11:06 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee	70 hr
Jan 9, 11:07 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Iroquois	4 days
Jan 9, 11:15 AM CST	River Flood Watch	LOT	Grundy	4 days
Jan 9, 11:15 AM CST	River Flood Watch	LOT	Livingston	5 days
Jan 9, 11:15 AM CST	River Flood Watch	LOT	LaSalle	6 days
Jan 9, 11:23 AM CST	River Flood Watch	LOT	Grundy	21 days
Jan 9, 11:23 AM CST	River Flood Watch	LOT	LaSalle	21 days
Jan 9, 11:23 AM CST	River Flood Watch	LOT	LaSalle	21 days
Jan 9, 1:36 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake and 5 more	22 hr
Jan 9, 2:48 PM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		12 hr
Jan 9, 9:57 AM CST	River Flood Watch	LOT	Lake	33 hr
Jan 9, 10:58 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Porter	21 days
Jan 9, 10:58 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Jasper, Porter	7 days
Jan 9, 10:58 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake, Newton	12 days
Jan 9, 11:06 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Jasper	21 days
Jan 9, 11:06 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Newton	21 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.