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River Flood Warning 79, NWS Chicago, IL

October 3, 2014Lake County, Newton County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Oct 3, 2014, 10:37 AM CDT for Lake County, Newton County, Indiana. It took effect at Oct 3, 2014, 9:49 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 3, 2014, 10:37 AM CDT (15:37 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 3, 2014, 9:49 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 11, 2014, 4:30 AM CDT
In force: 7 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 15:37 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). The gauge peaked at 10.13 ft at Oct 6, 2014, 3:00 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 Oct 2, 6:50 PM CDT, 15 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 6:50 PM CDT, 15 hours 47 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
Oct 2, 7:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Iroquois	4 hr
Oct 2, 8:31 PM CDT	Gale Warning	LOT		42 hr
Oct 2, 10:22 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		53 min
Oct 2, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Newton	28 min

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.