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Flood Watch 1, NWS Northern Indiana

January 6, 200816 counties in Indiana; 5 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flood watch at Jan 6, 2008, 4:02 PM EST for 16 counties in Indiana; 5 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 7, 2008, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 6, 2008, 4:02 PM EST (21:02 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 7, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 9, 2008, 12:00 AM EST
In force: 29 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Flood severity: None

All 25 counties

Allen County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Huntington County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Jan 6, 1:10 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 1:10 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 6, 12:48 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	IWX	DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble and 4 more	17 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Indiana, 2008 Flood Watches in Ohio, 2008 Flood Watches in Michigan, 2008 Every flood watch 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.