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River Flood Advisory 13, NWS Chicago, IL

February 19, 2011Newton County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood advisory at Feb 19, 2011, 10:33 AM CST for Newton County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 19, 2011, 10:33 AM CST (16:33 UTC)
Expired: Feb 20, 2011, 10:18 AM CST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL

County Newton County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:30 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 Iroquois River near Foresman (FSMI3). The gauge peaked at 14.83 ft at Feb 19, 2011, 10:00 AM CST.

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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Feb 19, 9:06 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 9:06 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 4:58 AM CST, 5 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 19, 5:21 AM CST, 5 hours 12 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
Feb 19, 4:44 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	LOT	Boone, Lake, McHenry, Winnebago	11 hr
Feb 19, 9:46 AM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		17 hr
Feb 19, 2:39 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		3 days
Feb 19, 3:51 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	LOT	Boone, Lake, McHenry, Winnebago	18 hr
Feb 19, 3:51 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Ogle	18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Indiana, 2011 Every river flood advisory in 2011

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.