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River Flood Warning 91, NWS Chicago, IL

December 20, 2011Porter County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Dec 20, 2011, 8:25 AM CST for Porter County, Indiana. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 2011, 8:25 AM CST (14:25 UTC)
Expired
Dec 20, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Flood severity
Minor

County Porter County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:25 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 Kankakee River at Dunns Bridge (DBRI3).

Action stage
9.5 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
12 ft
Major stage
13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05517500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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.