Flood Watch
NWS Chicago IL ยท US
Details
Flood Watch Remains In Effect From Sunday Morning Until Further Notice
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
Overview
...The Flood Watch continues for the following rivers in Illinois... Des Plaines River near Russell affecting Lake IL zone. Des Plaines River near Des Plaines affecting Northern Cook and Central Cook zones. Des Plaines River near Gurnee affecting Lake IL zone. Des Plaines River at Riverside affecting Central Cook zone. Des Plaines River at Lincolnshire affecting Northern Cook and Lake IL zones. .The combination of heavy rain this morning and expected additional thunderstorms with heavy rain tonight may lead to river flooding along the Des Plaines River basin as early as Sunday morning. The heavy rain tonight is expected to occur along a roughly west to east axis across northern Illinois, though the exact location across the river basin remains uncertain. Flooding severity may be higher or lower over the basin depending on the ultimate placement of the highest rainfall tonight.
What
Flooding is possible.
Where
Des Plaines River from Palatine Road in Prospect Heights downstream to Irving Park Road in Chicago, including the Des Plaines gauge.
When
From Sunday morning until further notice.
Additional details
- At 8:45 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 10.5 feet. - Forecast...Flood stage may be reached late Sunday evening. - Flood stage is 15.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
A Flood Watch means water levels above flood stage are possible, but not yet certain, based upon the latest forecasts. Persons along rivers and streams in the watch area should monitor the latest forecasts and be prepared to take action should flooding develop. These forecasts are based on observed precipitation as well as forecast precipitation 24 hours into the future. Changes to the rainfall forecast, or any additional rainfall after 24 hours, may cause changes to these river forecasts. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued by Sunday afternoon.
Affected areas
- Northern Cook
- Central Cook
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Chicago IL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m5s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2YCAPHW6YVY2DEZ40JYY6CP
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3f48c69f17fc286c554dc0a442788ebc950a4c87.002.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Chicago IL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPLOT
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.4747
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLA |
| NationalWeatherService | FLA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFALOT |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS63 KLOT 200303 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KLOT.FL.A.0033.260920T1200Z-000000T0000Z/ |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Northern Cook
- Central Cook
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 017031 |
| UGC | ILZ103 |
| UGC | ILZ104 |
- Polygons
- 42.12,-87.94 42.12,-87.84 41.97,-87.8 41.96,-87.9 42.12,-87.94