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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Chicago, IL

February 4, 2013Lake County, Newton County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Feb 4, 2013, 7:29 AM CST for Lake County, Newton County, Indiana. It took effect at Feb 4, 2013, 9:31 AM CST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 2013, 7:29 AM CST (13:29 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 4, 2013, 9:31 AM CST
Expired
Feb 4, 2013, 8:09 PM CST
In force
11 hr
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 13:28 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 Shelby (SLBI3).

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.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2013Every river flood warning in 2013

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.