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River Flood Warning 49, NWS Chicago, IL

July 16, 2024Cook County, Lake County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jul 16, 2024, 5:39 AM CDT for Cook County, Lake County, Illinois. It was in force for 64 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 16, 2024, 5:39 AM CDT (10:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2024, 10:02 PM CDT
In force: 64 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cook County, IL, Lake County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Des Plaines River at Lincolnshire (LDRI2). The gauge peaked at 13.03 ft at Jul 17, 2024, 6:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 11.5 ft
Minor stage: 12.5 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 15.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05528100, 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 Jul 16, 3:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 3:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 4:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 16, 12:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 12:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 12:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 12:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 1:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 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
Jul 15, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Lee, Ogle, Winnebago	75 min
Jul 15, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Ogle	15 min
Jul 15, 7:36 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		39 min
Jul 15, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lake	35 min
Jul 15, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Boone, Ogle, Winnebago	36 min
Jul 15, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Lee, McHenry, Ogle and 1 more	74 min
Jul 15, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		3 hr
Jul 15, 8:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Ogle	37 min
Jul 15, 8:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	3 hr
Jul 15, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, Lee	54 min
Jul 15, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Boone, Kane, McHenry	24 min
Jul 15, 8:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	4 hr
Jul 15, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Kane	35 min
Jul 15, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Ford, Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, Livingston	62 min
Jul 15, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Lake	83 min
Jul 15, 8:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	DuPage, Kane	38 min
Jul 15, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Kankakee, Will	74 min
Jul 15, 9:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LOT	Kendall, Will	25 min
Jul 15, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LOT	DuPage	24 min
Jul 15, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Cook, Grundy, Kendall, Will	47 min
Jul 15, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	74 min
Jul 15, 9:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Lake	44 min
Jul 15, 9:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage	33 min
Jul 15, 9:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Will	3 hr
Jul 15, 9:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Kankakee	38 min
Jul 15, 9:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Iroquois	59 min
Jul 15, 11:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	7 days
Jul 15, 11:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	12 days
Jul 16, 12:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Will	4 hr
Jul 16, 5:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Cook	64 hr
Jul 16, 7:03 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam	14 hr
Jul 15, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter	70 min
Jul 15, 9:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LOT	Lake	38 min
Jul 15, 9:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LOT	Porter	31 min

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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.