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River Flood Warning 87, NWS Chicago, IL

November 28, 2011Lake County, Newton County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Nov 28, 2011, 10:48 PM CST for Lake County, Newton County, Indiana. It took effect at Dec 4, 2011, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 28, 2011, 10:48 PM CST (04:48 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 4, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 4, 2011, 10:07 AM CST
In force
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 04:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 8.81 ft at Dec 5, 2011, 8:00 AM CST.

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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 Nov 28, 5:52 PM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 5:52 PM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 4:28 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLOTBenton, Jasper, Newton11 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2011Every river flood warning 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.