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Flood Watch 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 17, 200839 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flood watch at Mar 17, 2008, 3:58 AM EDT for 39 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Mar 18, 2008, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2008, 3:58 AM EDT (07:58 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 18, 2008, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 19, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Flood severity: None

All 39 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Mar 17, 3:10 AM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 3:10 AM EDT, 48 minutes before

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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.