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River Flood Warning 141, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 1, 2008Jackson County, Lawrence County, Washington County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Apr 1, 2008, 1:36 PM EDT for Jackson County, Lawrence County, Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 1, 2008, 1:36 PM EDT (17:36 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2008, 1:36 PM EDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Jackson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:33 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 Muscatatuck River at Wheeler Hollow (WHLI3).

Action stage: 14.5 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22.5 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 1, 12:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 12:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 5:43 AM EDT, 7 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
543 AM EDT TUE APR 1 2008

INZ021-030-031-036>042-045>049-052>057-062>065-072-021000-
CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-
DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY-OWEN-
MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-
JENNINGS-
543 AM EDT TUE APR 1 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT. SEVERE STORMS
ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING...IS POSSIBLE AROUND THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

INZ028-029-035-043-044-051-060-061-067>071-021000-
WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-SULLIVAN-GREENE-
KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-
543 AM EDT TUE APR 1 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG PORTIONS OF THE
WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...WABASH...AND MUSCATATUCK RIVERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT. SEVERE STORMS
ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK
ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...WABASH...AND
MUSCATATUCK RIVERS.

HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS...IS
POSSIBLE AROUND THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 1, 10:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Greene, Owen	3 days
Apr 1, 3:17 PM EDT	Flood Watch	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 6 more	67 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

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.