Flood Warning
NWS Chicago IL ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect From Sunday Afternoon To Tuesday Evening
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Illinois... Fox River at Dayton affecting La Salle County.
What
Moderate flooding is forecast.
Where
Fox River from Millington downstream to confluence with the Illinois River, including the Dayton gauge.
When
From Sunday afternoon to Tuesday evening.
Impacts
At 14.5 feet, Low-lying agricultural land inundated near Norway.
Additional details
- At 8:45 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 7.6 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage early Sunday afternoon to a crest of 14.9 feet Monday morning. It will then fall below flood stage Tuesday afternoon. - Flood stage is 12.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
A Flood Warning means water levels above flood stage are imminent or may already be occurring. Persons along rivers and streams in the warned area should take immediate precautions to protect life and property. 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
- La Salle, IL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Chicago IL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~31s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2YCPFHB2P4PS5ADTBJ5Y453
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.591f25fbe25c9fcc3c1a9ffe9ee62f5fdcad40b6.001.1
- 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.4904
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWLOT |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS43 KLOT 200310 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KLOT.FL.W.0074.260920T1742Z-260923T0200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T21:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- La Salle, IL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 017099 |
| UGC | ILC099 |
- Polygons
- 41.63,-88.6 41.54,-88.6 41.34,-88.78 41.34,-88.88 41.57,-88.71 41.63,-88.6