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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Chicago, IL

January 13, 2017Lake County, Newton County, Indiana

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.

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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). The gauge peaked at 10.32 ft at Jan 22, 2017, 11:00 AM 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.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2017Every river flood warning in 2017

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.