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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2013, 10:28 AM CDT for Lake County, Newton County, Indiana. It took effect at Apr 14, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2013, 10:28 AM CDT (15:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 5, 2013, 3:59 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 days
- 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 15:27 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 12.05 ft at Apr 25, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT.
- 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 9:43 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Ogle | 6 days |
| Apr 11, 9:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 16 days |
| Apr 11, 10:09 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Iroquois | 23 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:13 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Kane, Kendall | 6 days |
| Apr 12, 11:57 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Lake | 5 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.