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River Flood Warning 80, NWS Chicago, IL

November 25, 2014Lake County, Newton County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Nov 25, 2014, 9:24 AM CST for Lake County, Newton County, Indiana. It took effect at Nov 26, 2014, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 25, 2014, 9:24 AM CST (15:24 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 26, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 3, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
In force
7 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 15:24 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 9.19 ft at Nov 29, 2014, 2:00 PM CST.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 25, 3:44 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOT5 hr
Nov 25, 9:09 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOT6 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.