Flood Warning
NWS Chicago IL ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect From This Afternoon Until Further Notice... ...Replaces River Flood Watch
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- 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... Des Plaines River near Russell affecting Lake County.
What
Minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Des Plaines River from IL/WI state line downstream to US-41 in Gurnee, including the Russell gauge.
When
From this afternoon until further notice.
Impacts
At 8.0 feet, Agricultural and park land is inundated near the river. Residential property is threatened near the river.
Additional details
- At 8:30 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 6.5 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this afternoon to a crest of 8.2 feet early Tuesday morning. - Flood stage is 7.0 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 late tonight.
Affected areas
- Lake County, IL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Chicago IL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m6s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2ZJQB1SMWCFEBAF1GQ9ZKG0
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.023d56d87685b261f608048266eb5ead72063253.001.1
- 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.3264
- 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 201414 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE... ...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KLOT.FL.W.0075.260920T2100Z-000000T0000Z/ |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lake County, IL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 017097 |
| UGC | ILC097 |
- Polygons
- 42.51,-87.97 42.5,-87.87 42.47,-87.89 42.39,-87.87 42.39,-87.96 42.47,-87.99 42.51,-87.97