Alert archive / Indiana / River Flood Warnings in 2017
River Flood Warning 3, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jan 13, 2017, 10:19 AM CST for Lake County, Newton County, Indiana. It took effect at Jan 15, 2017, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2017, 10:19 AM CST (16:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 15, 2017, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2017, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 15 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 16:18 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 10.32 ft at Jan 22, 2017, 11:00 AM CST.
- 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
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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.