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River Flood Warning 75, NWS Chicago, IL

July 13, 2015Jasper County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jul 13, 2015, 9:28 AM CDT for Jasper County, Indiana. It took effect at Jul 13, 2015, 4:20 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2015, 9:28 AM CDT (14:28 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 13, 2015, 4:20 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 17, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Jasper County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Iroquois River at Rensselaer (RZLI3). The gauge peaked at 12.31 ft at Jul 12, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05522500, 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 Jul 13, 7:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 7:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 4:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
454 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
141000-
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-
454 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

 THUNDERSTORMS...THE STRONGEST OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE:
 EXTREME WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH.
 HAIL TO AT LEAST GOLF BALL SIZE.
 TORNADOES...INCLUDING A STRONG TORNADO OR TWO.
 TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FLASH FLOODING.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

 A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND
 NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THROUGH MID MORNING... THUNDERSTORMS
 CANNOT BE RULED OUT FROM THE LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY
 AFTERNOON...BUT THE MAIN FOCUS FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE
 THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS TO BE FROM THE MID AFTERNOON THROUGH MID TO
 LATE EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA.

  DISCUSSION:

 A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH WISCONSIN HAS
 SHOWN A TENDENCY FOR SOME INTENSIFICATION EARLY THIS
 MORNING...AND IT IS EXPECTED TO BRING A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND
 GUSTS TO AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THROUGH
 MID MORNING. THERE MAY BE A THREAT FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO WITH
 THIS COMPLEX. THE NEXT ROUND OF POTENTIALLY MORE WIDESPREAD
 HIGH-END SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO UNFOLD MID AFTERNOON
 THROUGH THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS. EXTREME INSTABILITY AND
 STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF ALL SEVERE HAZARDS IN
 ANY SEVERE STORM.

 ANY DISCRETE SUPERCELL COULD PRODUCE A STRONG
 TORNADO OR TWO...AND THE FAVORED AREA FOR THIS MAY END UP BEING
 IN A CORRIDOR FROM NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TO THE FAR SOUTH AND
 SOUTHWEST CHICAGO METRO AND POINTS SOUTH AND WEST. LARGE TO VERY
 LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AFOREMENTIONED
 CORRIDOR. IF EVOLUTION TO ONE OR MORE FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORM
 COMPLEXES OCCURS...THEN THE THREAT WILL LIKELY EVOLVE TO
 WIDESPREAD HIGH END DAMAGING WINDS...WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO
 AND HAIL THREAT. A VERY MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE
 THROUGH TONIGHT...SO ANY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE
 EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RATES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FLASH
 FLOODING.

HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 105 DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON IN A CORRIDOR FROM KANKAKEE COUNTY TO LEE COUNTY AND
POINTS SOUTH.

PORTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS...IROQUOIS...VERMILLION AND KANKAKEE
RIVERS...AND SUGAR CREEK ARE IN FLOOD....WITH RENEWED RISES
POSSIBLE DUE TO ANY HEAVY RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND THEN A PERIODIC
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

PORTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS...IROQUOIS...VERMILLION AND KANKAKEE
RIVERS...AND SUGAR CREEK WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

LMZ740>745-141000-
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-
454 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

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.

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KT...LARGE
HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND THEN A PERIODIC
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-141000-
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-
454 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KT...LARGE
HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LAKE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND THEN A PERIODIC
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

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In the hours 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
Jul 12, 7:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Livingston	18 hr
Jul 12, 8:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Grundy, Will	3 days
Jul 13, 4:18 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	LOT	Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, LaSalle, Lee and 1 more	15 hr
Jul 13, 4:34 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		116 min
Jul 13, 5:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, McHenry, Winnebago	55 min
Jul 13, 5:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lake	38 min
Jul 13, 5:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake and 3 more	64 min
Jul 13, 6:05 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		115 min
Jul 13, 6:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Lee	52 min
Jul 13, 6:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will	53 min
Jul 13, 6:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake and 4 more	4 hr
Jul 13, 6:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Kendall, Will	50 min
Jul 13, 7:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Grundy, Kankakee	41 min
Jul 13, 7:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Kankakee	43 min
Jul 13, 7:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook, DeKalb, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee and 5 more	6 hr
Jul 13, 8:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Livingston	43 min
Jul 13, 8:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	59 min
Jul 13, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Kankakee	4 days
Jul 13, 12:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Grundy	67 hr
Jul 13, 12:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	LaSalle	3 days
Jul 13, 1:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Livingston	6 hr
Jul 13, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle	61 min
Jul 13, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston	53 min
Jul 13, 6:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Grundy, LaSalle	4 hr
Jul 13, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Grundy, Kankakee, Livingston	61 min
Jul 13, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kendall, Will	52 min
Jul 13, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	35 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.