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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Chicago, IL

April 14, 2018Lake County, Newton County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Apr 14, 2018, 9:51 AM CDT for Lake County, Newton County, Indiana. It took effect at Apr 15, 2018, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2018, 9:51 AM CDT (14:51 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 15, 2018, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 24, 2018, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 9 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 14:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kankakee River at Shelby (SLBI3). The gauge peaked at 9.77 ft at Apr 20, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT.

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.

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 13, 6:36 PM CDT, 15 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 6:36 PM CDT, 15 hours 15 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 13, 9:03 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		4 days
Apr 14, 3:16 AM CDT	Lakeshore Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	31 hr
Apr 14, 11:34 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Will	57 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2018 Every 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.