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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Chicago, IL

May 7, 20234 counties in Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 2023, 7:23 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2023, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2023, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Grundy County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Will County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2023-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2003 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2023-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -67 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2003 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.6
Supercell composite
-3.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at May 7, 6:51 PM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 6:51 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 2:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL
254 PM CDT Sun May 7 2023

ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-
010-011-019-082000-
Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-De Kalb-Kane-DuPage-
La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford-
Northern Cook-Central Cook-Southern Cook-Northern Will-
Southern Will-Eastern Will-Lake IN-Porter-Newton-Jasper-Benton-
254 PM CDT Sun May 7 2023 /354 PM EDT Sun May 7 2023/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Central
Illinois...Northeast Illinois and Northwest Indiana.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Elevated Thunderstorm Risk mainly near Interstate 80 with threats of:
     Limited Hail Risk...up to ping pong ball size.
     Limited Damaging Wind Risk...up to 65 mph.
  Elevated Flooding Risk.
  Limited Fog Risk.

DISCUSSION...

Scattered thunderstorms may develop near Interstate 80 after 7 PM.
While it is not a guarantee storms will form, those that do will
likely produce damaging hail, damaging winds, and torrential
downpours. Additional thunderstorms may move into central
Illinois after midnight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Monday...
  Elevated Thunderstorm Risk, mainly south of Interstate 80.
Thursday through Saturday...
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk.

DISCUSSION...

Additional thunderstorm chances exist Monday afternoon and
evening, mainly for central Illinois. The strongest storms may
produce damaging wind gusts and hail in addition to locally heavy
rainfall which could result in localized instances of flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotters may be needed near Interstate 80 this evening.

GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:

  Moving toward the east at 30 to 35 mph.

LMZ740>745-082000-
Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL-
Wilmette Harbor to Northerly Island IL-
Northerly Island to Calumet Harbor IL-
Calumet Harbor IL to Gary IN-Gary to Burns Harbor IN-
Burns Harbor to Michigan City IN-
254 PM CDT Sun May 7 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Illinois
nearshore waters of Lake Michigan and the Indiana nearshore
waters of Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Elevated Thunderstorm Risk...with an associated:
     Limited hail risk...up to ping pong ball size.
  Limited Fog Risk.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Thursday through Saturday...
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTDeKalb, LaSalle, Lee5 hr
May 7, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTGrundy, Will30 min
May 7, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTGrundy, Will46 min
May 7, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTGrundy, LaSalle, Livingston78 min
May 7, 8:47 PM CDTDust Storm WarningLOTGrundy, LaSalle, Livingston58 min
May 7, 9:06 PM CDTDust Storm WarningLOTFord, Iroquois, Kankakee84 min
May 7, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTFord, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston89 min
May 7, 10:36 PM CDTWind AdvisoryLOTDeKalb, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, Lee and 1 more2 hr
May 7, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTFord, Iroquois15 min
May 8, 5:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTFord41 min
May 7, 7:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOTJasper, Lake, Newton3 hr
May 7, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTJasper, Newton45 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.