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River Flood Warning 215, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 5, 2008Lawrence County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Jun 5, 2008, 12:49 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Martin County, Indiana. It took effect at Jun 8, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2008, 12:49 PM EDT (16:49 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 8, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 16, 2008, 11:35 AM EDT
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 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 East Fork White River at Williams (WLLI3).

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 20 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 Jun 5, 12:30 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 12:30 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 4:21 AM EDT, 8 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
421 AM EDT THU JUN 5 2008

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-060830-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
421 AM EDT THU JUN 5 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MINOR TO MAJOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG MANY OF THE RIVERS
ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE. SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGICAL STATEMENT FOR COMPLETE
INFORMATION AND MORE DETAILS REGARDING RIVER FLOODING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE ON FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE
MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
FLASH FLOODING MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY HEAVY RAINFALL.
REMEMBER THAT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALWAYS A THREAT
IN ANY THUNDERSTORM.

MANY CENTRAL INDIANA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL BE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT MAY BE
NEEDED ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

&&

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

PUMA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 11:14 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Jennings, Washington	14 hr
Jun 5, 6:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Clay, Decatur, Hendricks, Johnson and 8 more	6 hr
Jun 5, 12:49 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	10 days
Jun 5, 12:49 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	14 days

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.