River Flood Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

Aug 20, 2007, 11:39 AM EDT (15:39 UTC)

In effect from

Aug 22, 2007, 11:00 PM EDT

Expired

Aug 21, 2007, 11:46 AM EDT

In force

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Written for the forecast point Wabash River at Covington (CVGI3).

Action stage

11 ft

Minor stage

16 ft

Moderate stage

24 ft

Major stage

29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03336000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS43 KIND 201539
FLWIND
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1139 AM EDT MON AUG 20 2007

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA... 

  WABASH RIVER...

.LOWLAND FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE WABASH RIVER IN WESTERN
INDIANA LATER THIS WEEK AND DURING THE COMING WEEKEND.  ALTHOUGH 
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED...THIS WILL BE THE FIRST
SIGNIFICANT RISE OF THE WABASH RIVER SINCE APRIL.  FLOODING MAY
AFFECT SOME LOCAL RIVER ROADS...LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND AND SOME RIVER 
PARKS.  FLOODING WILL BEGIN IN THE LAFAYETTE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT.

RAIN OF 3 TO MORE THAN 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE UPPER REACHES OF
THE WABASH RIVER WATERSHED SINCE SATURDAY NIGHT.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO
POSSIBLY MORE THAN 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN
NORTHERN INDIANA.

LOWLAND FLOODING ALONG THE WABASH RIVER MAY OCCUR FROM THE LAFAYETTE
AREA TO NEAR VINCENNES.  MAXIMUM RIVER LEVELS WILL RANGE FROM NEAR
FLOOD STAGE TO 2 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.  CREST TIMES WILL RANGE
FROM THURSDAY AT LAFAYETTE TO SUNDAY IN THE VINCENNES AREA.

SAFETY MESSAGE...MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATER. TURN 
AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS.  
RECREATIONAL AND AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO 
CHANGING RIVER CONDITIONS.

FOR DETAILED FLOOD INFORMATION GO TO WEATHER.GOV/IND ON THE WEB.  
FROM THE BLUE MENU BAR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE...CLICK ON RIVERS
AND LAKES.

INC045-121-157-165-171-211539-
/O.NEW.KIND.FL.W.0001.070822T0448Z-070824T1800Z/
/LAFI3.1.ER.070822T0448Z.070823T0000Z.070823T1800Z.NO/
1139 AM EDT MON AUG 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE.
* FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING 
  IS CANCELLED.
* AT  6:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 12.8 FEET BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE RIVER 
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.


$$

INC045-121-165-171-211539-
/O.NEW.KIND.FL.W.0002.070823T0300Z-070825T0640Z/
/CVGI3.1.ER.070823T0300Z.070823T1800Z.070824T0640Z.NO/
1139 AM EDT MON AUG 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON.
* FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING 
  IS CANCELLED.
* AT  7:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.6 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.0 FEET BY THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.


$$

INC121-165-167-211539-
/O.NEW.KIND.FL.W.0003.070823T1912Z-070825T1342Z/
/MTZI3.1.ER.070823T1912Z.070824T0600Z.070824T1342Z.NO/
1139 AM EDT MON AUG 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA.
* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING 
  IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.5 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 14.6 FEET BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING.


$$

ILC023-033-INC153-167-211539-
/O.ROU.KIND.HY.S.0000.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/HUFI3.N.UU.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
1139 AM EDT MON AUG 20 2007

FORECAST INFORMATION FOR
  WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE.
* AT 10:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 1.1 FEET. 
* NO FLOODING IS CURRENTLY FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 12.9 FEET FRIDAY MORNING.


$$

ILC033-101-INC083-153-211538-
/O.ROU.KIND.HY.S.0000.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/HUTI2.N.UU.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
1139 AM EDT MON AUG 20 2007

FORECAST INFORMATION FOR
  WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE.
* AT  8:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.2 FEET. 
* NO FLOODING IS CURRENTLY FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 15.7 FEET EARLY SATURDAY 
  MORNING.


$$

ILC033-101-INC083-153-211538-
/O.ROU.KIND.HY.S.0000.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/RVTI3.N.UU.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
1139 AM EDT MON AUG 20 2007

FORECAST INFORMATION FOR
  WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON.
* NO FLOODING IS CURRENTLY FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 13.8 FEET SATURDAY MORNING.


$$

ILC101-185-INC083-211538-
/O.ROU.KIND.HY.S.0000.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/VINI3.N.UU.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
1139 AM EDT MON AUG 20 2007

FORECAST INFORMATION FOR
  WABASH RIVER AT RED SKELTON BRIDGE.
* AT 10:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.5 FEET. 
* NO FLOODING IS CURRENTLY FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 17.5 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 13.0 FEET SATURDAY EVENING.


$$

ILC101-185-INC083-211538-
/O.ROU.KIND.HY.S.0000.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/VCNI3.N.UU.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
1139 AM EDT MON AUG 20 2007

FORECAST INFORMATION FOR
  WABASH RIVER AT VINCENNES.
* NO FLOODING IS CURRENTLY FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 11.9 FEET SATURDAY EVENING.


$$

000 
WGUS83 KIND 211546
FLSIND
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1146 AM EDT TUE AUG 21 2007

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
INDIANA...
 
  WABASH RIVER 

PORTIONS OF THE LOWER WABASH AND UPPER WABASH RIVER BASIN RECEIVED 
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ON MONDAY...WITH AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH TO TWO AND
A HALF INCHES BEING COMMON.

THE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR RISES ON THE UPPER AND LOWER
WABASH RIVER...BUT RIVER LEVELS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE.

SOME BACKWATER MAY COLLECT BEHIND SOME LEVEE SYSTEMS BUT AT THIS TIME
SIGNIFICANT LOWLAND FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED...AND THE FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE WABASH RIVER HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

SAFETY MESSAGE...MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATER. 
TURN AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY. ALWAYS KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM 
FLOODED AREAS. 

FOR DETAILED FLOOD INFORMATION GO TO WEATHER.GOV/IND ON THE WEB.  
FROM THE BLUE MENU BAR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE...CLICK ON RIVERS
AND LAKES.

INC045-121-157-165-171-211616-
/O.CAN.KIND.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070824T1800Z/
/LAFI3.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1146 AM EDT TUE AUG 21 2007

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE.
* AT 10:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.7 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 10.0 FEET 
  EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.


$$

INC045-121-165-171-211616-
/O.CAN.KIND.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070825T0640Z/
/CVGI3.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1146 AM EDT TUE AUG 21 2007

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON.
* AT  7:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 14.2 FEET 
  THURSDAY EVENING.


$$

INC121-165-167-211616-
/O.CAN.KIND.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070825T1342Z/
/MTZI3.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1146 AM EDT TUE AUG 21 2007

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA.
* AT  9:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 11.4 FEET 
  FRIDAY MORNING.


$$

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2007Every river flood warning in 2007

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.