Lake County

Alerts in effect

Alerts covering all or part of Lake County.

• Flood Advisoryminor

  Cook, IL; Will, IL

  NWS Chicago IL · until Oct 2, 7:00 AM CDT

Outlook for the days ahead

• Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 1: Slight (At Least 15%) until Oct 2, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Severe Thunderstorm Outlook, Day 1: no risk area over Lake County until Oct 3, 12:00 PM UTC · Storm Prediction Center
• Severe Thunderstorm Outlook, Day 2: no risk area over Lake County until Oct 4, 12:00 PM UTC · Storm Prediction Center
• Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 2: no risk area over Lake County until Oct 3, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Severe Thunderstorm Outlook, Day 3: no risk area over Lake County until Oct 5, 12:00 PM UTC · Storm Prediction Center
• Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 3: no risk area over Lake County until Oct 4, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 4: no risk area over Lake County until Oct 5, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 5: no risk area over Lake County until Oct 6, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center

Rainfall forecast

• Day 1 (24 hours): no measurable rain forecast in Lake County issued Oct 2, 5:41 AM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Days 1–3 (72 hours): no measurable rain forecast in Lake County issued Oct 2, 5:53 AM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Days 1–7: highest in Lake County, 0.01 to 0.1 inches issued Oct 2, 5:54 AM UTC · Weather Prediction Center

River gauges

• Deep River (IN) at Hobart
  NowNo flooding5.04 ftOct 2, 1:30 AM CDT
• Deep River (IN) at Liverpool
  NowNo flooding6.75 ftOct 2, 12:15 AM CDT
• Deep River (IN) near Merrillville
  NowNo flooding4.59 ftOct 2, 2:15 AM CDT
• Grand Calumet River above Hammond (Columbia Ave)
  NowNo flooding6.8 ftOct 2, 2:00 AM CDT
• Hart Ditch at Dyer
  NowNo flooding2.62 ftOct 2, 2:00 AM CDT
• Hart Ditch at Munster
  NowNo flooding1.9 ftOct 2, 2:30 AM CDT
• Indiana Harbor Canal at East Chicago (Lake Michigan outlet)
  NowNo flooding10.15 ftOct 2, 2:00 AM CDT
• Little Calumet River at Gary (Burr Street)
  NowNo flooding5.9 ftOct 2, 2:15 AM CDT