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River Flood Warning 50, NWS Chicago, IL

April 28, 2017Lake County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Apr 28, 2017, 10:47 AM CDT for Lake County, Indiana. It took effect at Apr 30, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2017, 10:47 AM CDT (15:47 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 30, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 3, 2017, 9:24 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Lake County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Calumet River at Munster (LCMI3). The gauge peaked at 10.05 ft at May 1, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 11.5 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05536195, 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 Apr 28, 6:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 6:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 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
Apr 28, 3:24 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		37 hr
Apr 28, 10:50 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT		4 days
Apr 28, 10:53 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Winnebago	5 days
Apr 28, 11:51 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Lake	48 hr
Apr 28, 11:51 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Lake	5 days
Apr 28, 11:51 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT		5 days
Apr 28, 11:51 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT		5 days
Apr 28, 11:51 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT		5 days
Apr 28, 11:51 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Kane, McHenry	48 hr
Apr 28, 11:51 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Kane, Kendall	33 hr
Apr 28, 11:51 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	LaSalle	7 days
Apr 28, 11:51 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT		4 days
Apr 28, 11:51 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Lake	48 hr
Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Iroquois	47 hr
Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee	48 hr
Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Kankakee	33 hr
Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Grundy	48 hr
Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Iroquois	6 days
Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Livingston	6 days
Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	LaSalle	6 days
Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Grundy	4 days
Apr 28, 12:17 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	DuPage	4 days
Apr 28, 12:23 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Grundy	33 hr
Apr 28, 12:23 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	LaSalle	33 hr
Apr 28, 12:23 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	LaSalle	33 hr
Apr 28, 3:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LOT	DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane, Kankakee and 3 more	61 hr
Apr 28, 3:50 PM CDT	Gale Watch	LOT		24 hr
Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Jasper	7 days
Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Newton	48 hr
Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Porter	33 hr
Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Jasper, Porter	33 hr
Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Lake, Newton	47 hr
Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Lake	5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2017 Every 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.