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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Chicago, IL

January 19, 2018Lake County, Newton County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jan 19, 2018, 1:20 PM CST for Lake County, Newton County, Indiana. It was in force for 71 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 2018, 1:20 PM CST (19:20 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 2018, 12:20 PM CST
In force
71 hr
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 19:23 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 9:25 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOT30 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2018Every river flood warning in 2018

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.