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River Flood Warning 108, NWS Northern Indiana

December 22, 2007Defiance County, Fulton County, Williams County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Dec 22, 2007, 9:20 PM EST for Defiance County, Fulton County, Williams County, Ohio. It took effect at Dec 23, 2007, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 22, 2007, 9:20 PM EST (02:20 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 23, 2007, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 28, 2007, 9:40 AM EST
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Tiffin River at Stryker (STRO1). The gauge peaked at 12.35 ft at Dec 26, 2007, 5:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 16.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04185000, 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Dec 22, 6:43 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 6:43 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 6:59 AM EST, 14 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
659 AM EST SAT DEC 22 2007

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-231200-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-
PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-
MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-
CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...
WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...
BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
659 AM EST SAT DEC 22 2007 /559 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE AREAS OF FOG...DENSE IN SPOTS ESPECIALLY THIS
MORNING. USE CAUTION IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND ENCOUNTER DENSE FOG.

AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN AND A CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL AND MELTING SNOW
WILL LIKELY CREATE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE FLOODING PROBLEMS. SIGNIFICANT
RISES IN DRAINAGE DITCHES...CREEKS AND STREAMS CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED. MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF MAJOR RIVERS SHOULD BE
ANTICIPATED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

STRONG WEST WINDS AND SHARPLY COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND A
COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY ALONG WITH MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE LAKE EFFECT REGION OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE URGE TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN ONE-HALF
INCH...AS WELL AS THEIR HIGHEST MEASURED WIND GUST SPEED ON SUNDAY
IF GREATER THAN 40 MPH.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-231200-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
659 AM EST SAT DEC 22 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH INTO EARLY MONDAY...PRODUCING SOUTHWEST TO WEST
GALES SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. WAVE HEIGHTS OF 8 TO 12 FEET ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 23, 3:35 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	IWX		55 min
Dec 23, 4:04 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Saint Joseph	56 min
Dec 23, 4:29 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Saint Joseph	50 min
Dec 23, 4:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Wabash, Whitley	60 min
Dec 23, 5:34 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb, Steuben	56 min
Dec 23, 5:42 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Miami, Wabash	30 hr
Dec 23, 7:49 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, Huntington, Wabash	6 hr
Dec 23, 8:52 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke	60 hr
Dec 23, 11:21 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen	22 hr
Dec 23, 4:12 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen	20 hr
Dec 22, 9:20 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Williams	39 hr
Dec 23, 5:14 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Saint Joseph	31 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.