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River Flood Warning 90, NWS Chicago, IL

December 15, 2011Jasper County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Dec 15, 2011, 9:44 AM CST for Jasper County, Indiana. It took effect at Dec 16, 2011, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 15, 2011, 9:44 AM CST (15:44 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 16, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 15, 2011, 7:40 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Flood severity: Minor

County Jasper County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Iroquois River at Rensselaer (RZLI3). The gauge peaked at 11.57 ft at Dec 16, 2011, 3:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05522500, 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 Dec 15, 8:04 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 8:04 AM CST, 1 hour 40 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
Dec 14, 9:26 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle	61 hr
Dec 15, 3:10 AM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		24 hr
Dec 15, 7:54 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Kankakee	26 hr
Dec 15, 10:54 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Iroquois	23 hr
Dec 15, 10:54 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	LaSalle	44 hr
Dec 14, 8:58 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Jasper	13 hr
Dec 14, 8:58 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Newton	6 days
Dec 14, 9:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake, Newton	11 days

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.