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River Flood Warning 113, NWS Chicago, IL

September 13, 2008Lake County, Newton County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Sep 13, 2008, 4:48 PM CDT for Lake County, Newton County, Indiana. It took effect at Sep 14, 2008, 4:20 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 2008, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 14, 2008, 4:20 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 2, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
19 days
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Kankakee River at Shelby (SLBI3). The gauge peaked at 13.02 ft at Sep 19, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
9.5 ft
Minor stage
10.5 ft
Moderate stage
11.5 ft
Major stage
12.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05518000, 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 Sep 13, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 3:59 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
359 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
142100-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-
IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
359 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 /459 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN AN EXPANSION OF AREAL FLOODING AS
  WELL AS RIVER FLOODING.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL EXIST ACROSS
  ALL BUT OGLE...WINNEBAGO AND BOONE COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT.

  DISCUSSION:

  WAVES OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL AS SCATTERED
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
  RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE AND EXPAND AREAL FLOODING AND
  RIVER FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN
  ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

  MANY CREEKS AND RIVERS WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD INTO EARLY NEXT
  WEEK.

  THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND
  INDIANA SHORELINE AREAS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT...
HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO.

&&

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

LMZ740>745-142100-
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR-
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND-
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR-CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY-
GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY-
359 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

STRONG WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR
SMALL CRAFT SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT IN BOTH ILLINOIS AND INDIANA
NEARSHORE WATERS.

&&

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

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-142100-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO THE
MACKINAC BRIDGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLEVOIX MI TO SOUTH
FOX ISLAND 5 NM OFFSHORE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM CHARLEVOIX TO POINT BETSIE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TOW RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI 5 NM OFFSHORE
TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WILMETTE HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST. JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
359 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE OPEN WATERS
OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

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

MERZLOCK

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 12, 8:26 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTBoone20 hr
Sep 12, 9:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTCook5 days
Sep 12, 9:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTCook6 days
Sep 12, 9:34 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTBureau, LaSalle15 hr
Sep 12, 11:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOTGrundy, LaSalle, Livingston6 hr
Sep 13, 12:38 AM CDTTornado WarningLOTGrundy, Livingston37 min
Sep 13, 1:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTCook, Grundy, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle, Livingston and 1 more6 hr
Sep 13, 2:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTDeKalb, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, Lee3 hr
Sep 13, 3:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTCook, DuPage, Kane, Will4 hr
Sep 13, 3:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTCook4 days
Sep 13, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTBoone, DeKalb, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle and 4 more1 min
Sep 13, 4:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 7 more6 hr
Sep 13, 5:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTCook, Kane, Lake, McHenry5 hr
Sep 13, 7:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTCook, Grundy, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle, Livingston and 1 more3 hr
Sep 13, 7:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTCook, DuPage, Kane, Will3 hr
Sep 13, 8:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTCook4 days
Sep 13, 10:11 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLOTCook, Will19 hr
Sep 13, 10:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and 5 more6 hr
Sep 13, 10:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchLOTWinnebago5 hr
Sep 13, 10:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchLOTDeKalb5 hr
Sep 13, 11:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTLaSalle5 days
Sep 13, 12:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTGrundy6 days
Sep 13, 12:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTBureau, LaSalle16 days
Sep 13, 3:53 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTBoone18 hr
Sep 13, 3:53 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTWinnebago29 hr
Sep 13, 3:53 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTDeKalb65 hr
Sep 13, 4:19 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOT51 hr
Sep 13, 4:20 PM CDTLakeshore Flood StatementLOTLake51 hr
Sep 13, 4:30 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLOTBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 7 more13 hr
Sep 13, 4:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTKankakee12 days
Sep 13, 4:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTGrundy, Will4 days
Sep 13, 4:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTLaSalle4 days
Sep 13, 3:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTLake7 days
Sep 13, 4:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTPorter3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

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.