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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Feb 20, 2014, 10:01 AM CST for Lake County, Newton County, Indiana. It took effect at Feb 21, 2014, 7:03 AM CST. It was in force for 9 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2014, 10:01 AM CST (16:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2014, 7:03 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2014, 7:07 PM CST
- In force
- 9 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 16:04 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 11.22 ft at Feb 22, 2014, 6:00 AM CST.
- 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 Feb 20, 8:19 AM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 8:19 AM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 444 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 211045- WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE- DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- 444 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 /544 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING...IN ADDITION TO INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING A FEW MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS MORNING AND CONTINUED RUN OFF FROM SNOW MELT AND SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA AROUND RUSH HOUR THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE. FINALLY...STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH EXPECTED THIS EVENING. LOCALIZED RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP...PARTICULARLY WITH ANY ICE JAMS THAT FORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY FRIDAY. LOCALIZED RIVER FLOODING WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH AN INCREASED THREAT OF ICE JAMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT. && LMZ740>745-211045- WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR- WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND- NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR-CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY- GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY- 444 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND THEN STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY. && LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868- 870-872-874-876-878-211045- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO THE MACKINAC BRIDGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLEVOIX MI TO SOUTH FOX ISLAND 5 NM OFFSHORE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM CHARLEVOIX TO POINT BETSIE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WILMETTE HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST. JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- 444 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND THEN STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE LAKE...AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE LAKE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY...WITH GALE FORCE WINDS LIKELY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. && IZZI VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 20, 5:23 AM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Feb 20, 8:14 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
814 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN PARK FOREST 41.48N 87.69W
02/20/2014 M0.82 INCH COOK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0.82 THROUGH 7AM.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 9:27 PM CST | High Wind Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 19, 9:38 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Will | 69 hr |
| Feb 19, 10:07 PM CST | River Flood Watch | LOT | Kankakee | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:33 AM CST | High Wind Warning | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:08 AM CST | Storm Warning | LOT | 34 hr | |
| Feb 20, 6:19 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 20, 8:22 AM CST | River Flood Watch | LOT | Cook | 47 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 16 days |
| Feb 20, 10:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LOT | LaSalle | 34 min |
| Feb 20, 11:28 AM CST | River Flood Watch | LOT | Grundy | 61 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:28 AM CST | River Flood Watch | LOT | LaSalle | 3 days |
| Feb 20, 11:28 AM CST | River Flood Watch | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle | 6 days |
| Feb 20, 1:53 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 20, 5:06 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 3 hr | |
| Feb 19, 10:07 PM CST | River Flood Watch | LOT | Lake, Newton | 48 hr |
| Feb 20, 8:27 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Lake | 34 hr |
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.