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River Flood Warning 101, NWS Chicago, IL

May 16, 2009Newton County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2009, 9:18 AM CDT for Newton County, Indiana. It took effect at May 16, 2009, 2:25 PM CDT. It was in force for 67 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2009, 9:18 AM CDT (14:18 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2009, 2:25 PM CDT
Expired: May 19, 2009, 9:53 AM CDT
In force: 67 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Flood severity: Minor

County Newton County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Iroquois River near Foresman (FSMI3).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05524500, 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 May 16, 6:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 6:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 16, 7:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 8:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Iroquois	6 hr
May 15, 8:12 PM CDT	Gale Warning	LOT		25 hr
May 15, 8:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Cook	8 hr
May 15, 8:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Cook	8 hr
May 15, 11:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	Cook, DeKalb, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee and 5 more	12 hr
May 16, 3:23 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Lake, Lee, McHenry and 2 more	28 hr
May 16, 11:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston, Will	24 hr
May 16, 4:04 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		6 hr
May 15, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Benton	51 min
May 15, 8:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	8 hr
May 15, 9:49 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Jasper	7 hr
May 15, 9:49 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Newton	12 hr
May 16, 4:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Jasper	29 hr

Nearby

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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.