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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Chicago, IL

December 22, 2016Lake County, Newton County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Dec 22, 2016, 10:04 AM CST for Lake County, Newton County, Indiana. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2016, 10:04 AM CST (16:04 UTC)
Expired
Dec 27, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
In force
5 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 16:03 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).

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.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2016Every river flood warning 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.