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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Chicago, IL

March 11, 2014Lake County, Newton County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2014, 8:20 AM CDT for Lake County, Newton County, Indiana. It took effect at Mar 11, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 35 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2014, 8:20 AM CDT (13:20 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 11, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 15, 2014, 6:36 PM CDT
In force: 35 days
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 13:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kankakee River at Shelby (SLBI3). The gauge peaked at 10.93 ft at Mar 20, 2014, 8:00 PM 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.

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 Mar 11, 6:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 6:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 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
Mar 10, 9:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle	13 days
Mar 10, 9:51 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Will	68 hr
Mar 11, 3:51 AM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	LOT	DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall and 2 more	31 hr
Mar 11, 3:51 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	DeKalb, Ford, Iroquois, Kane, Lake, LaSalle and 3 more	31 hr
Mar 11, 7:15 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	LaSalle	5 days
Mar 11, 11:21 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Kankakee	65 hr
Mar 11, 11:21 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Grundy, Will	4 days
Mar 11, 11:21 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Iroquois	4 days
Mar 10, 9:51 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Newton	7 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2014 Every river flood warning in 2014

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.