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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Chicago, IL

September 13, 2006Lake County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 13, 2006, 3:38 PM CDT for Lake County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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
Sep 13, 2006, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2006, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lake County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 13, 2:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 2:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 4:45 AM CDT, 10 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
445 AM CDT WED SEP 13 2006

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-
019-132200-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DU PAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
445 AM CDT WED SEP 13 2006

THIS PORTION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL
OCCUR IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA EARLY THIS
MORNING...SOUTHEAST OF A CHICAGO TO MORRIS TO STREATOR LINE. THE
RAIN FALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY MOVE FURTHER EAST INTO NORTHWEST
INDIANA DURING THE MID AND LATE MORNING. AREAS OF FOG WILL DEVELOP
IN NORTH CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE WILL BE AREAS OF FOR ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AREAS OF FOG ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN
THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ON
SUNDAY...AND ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY. REPORTS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL OR FLOODING ARE ENCOURAGED.

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE
NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO

LMZ740>745-766-132200-
WINTHROP HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-
LAKE MICHIGAN-
445 AM CDT WED SEP 13 2006

THIS PORTION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS
AND INDIANA WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. HAZARDOUS WAVE
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL OCCUR TODAY AND THIS EVENING.
VISIBILITY NEAR THE ILLINOIS SHORE MAY BE RESTRICTED BY PATCHES OF
FOG OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AREAS OF FOG ALONG THE LAKESHORE ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE
NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 13, 12:38 PM CDT, 3 hours before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 3:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTGrundy, Kendall6 hr
Sep 13, 10:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTLake2 hr
Sep 13, 12:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTLake3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006

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.