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River Flood Advisory 14, NWS Chicago, IL

May 10, 2021Newton County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood advisory at May 10, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT for Newton County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT (13:00 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2021, 6:37 PM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Newton County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Iroquois River near Foresman (FSMI3). The gauge peaked at 16.14 ft at May 11, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05524500, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at May 9, 6:30 PM CDT, 13 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 6:30 PM CDT, 13 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 3:19 PM CDT, 16 hours 41 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
May 10, 8:30 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Iroquois	23 hr
May 10, 12:51 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	LaSalle	30 hr
May 10, 12:51 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam	60 hr
May 10, 2:23 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake and 3 more	18 hr
May 10, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	LaSalle	54 min

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.