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River Flood Advisory 49, NWS Chicago, IL

August 19, 2016Jasper County, Porter County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood advisory at Aug 19, 2016, 10:42 AM CDT for Jasper County, Porter County, Indiana. It was in force for 70 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 19, 2016, 10:42 AM CDT (15:42 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2016, 9:10 AM CDT
In force: 70 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jasper County, IN, Porter County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 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 near Kouts (KTSI3).

Action stage: 10.5 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05517530, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Aug 19, 9:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 9:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 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
Aug 18, 7:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Livingston	4 hr
Aug 18, 7:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 7 more	8 hr
Aug 18, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Winnebago	51 min
Aug 18, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Ogle, Winnebago	61 min
Aug 19, 1:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Iroquois	3 hr
Aug 19, 3:38 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Iroquois	69 hr
Aug 19, 4:24 PM CDT	Gale Watch	LOT		11 hr
Aug 19, 4:24 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		48 hr
Aug 19, 10:42 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Porter	4 days
Aug 19, 3:38 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Newton	39 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Indiana, 2016 Every river flood advisory in 2016

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.