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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2010, 12:33 AM CDT for Jasper County, Indiana. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2010, 12:33 AM CDT (05:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2010, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Jasper County, IN
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1457 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1235 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
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 Jun 5, 10:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 10:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 502 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 062215- 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- 502 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010 /602 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY PRODUCE: DAMAGING HAIL OF ONE INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER. DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ISOLATED TORNADOES. HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSING LOCAL FLOODING. FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE MOST NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS EARLY THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY SPREAD SOUTH TO I-88 AND I-80 BY MID EVENING...AND THEN TO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA BY LATE EVENING. A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS SOUTH OF I-80 WITH A SLIGHT RISK NORTH. DISCUSSION: WARM MOISTURE LADEN AND UNSTABLE AIR IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA...SOUTH OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED FROM SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WEST ACROSS FAR SOUTH WISCONSIN AND THEN SOUTHWEST ACROSS IOWA. AN UPPER DISTURBANCE OVER IOWA AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE SOUTH SOUTHEASTWARD AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA DURING THE EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS IN IOWA ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST...AND ALSO DEVELOP FURTHER EAST OUT AHEAD OF THE DISTURBANCE ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING THE COOL FRONT NORTH OF THE ILLINOIS STATE LINE WILL SAG SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS...AND THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SHIFT SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST TO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA BY LATE EVENING. A MID LEVEL SPEED MAX ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER THE LOCAL AREA AND ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVER WEATHER. DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANT RAINS OF THE LAST FEW DAYS SATURATING MUCH OF THE GROUND ACROSS THE AREA...FLASH FLOODING MAY RESULT FROM ANY HEAVY RAIN THAT OCCURS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A MODERATE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE INDIANA SHORES SUNDAY. THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...FROM MONDAY NIGHT TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...AND FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND FLOODING ARE ENCOURAGED. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO LMZ740>745-062215- 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- 502 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SOME MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...FROM MONDAY NIGHT TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...AND FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. && 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- 870-872-874-876-878-062215- 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- 502 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LAKE WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE LAKE. THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE ARE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...AND AGAIN FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO
In the hours before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Livingston | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Grundy, LaSalle | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 8:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Will | 14 hr |
| Jun 5, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 9:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, Will | 73 min |
| Jun 5, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kankakee, Will | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kankakee, Livingston | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 81 min | |
| Jun 5, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 9:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Lake, McHenry | 111 min |
| Jun 5, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, Will | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Livingston | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 10:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, LaSalle, Livingston and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 10:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 11:03 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 6 hr | |
| Jun 6, 5:23 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 6 hr | |
| Jun 6, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kane | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Will | 23 min |
| Jun 6, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Will | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage, Kane, Kendall | 19 min |
| Jun 6, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 10:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Jasper, Porter | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Jasper, Newton | 25 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.