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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Chicago, IL

April 6, 2014Porter County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Apr 6, 2014, 9:14 PM CDT for Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Apr 7, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 67 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2014, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 7, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2014, 8:14 PM CDT
In force
67 hr
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
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 02:14 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 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 9:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTJasper, Porter59 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2014Every 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.