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Lakeshore Flood Statement 26, NWS Northern Indiana

September 14, 2008

NWS Northern Indiana issued this lakeshore flood statement at Sep 14, 2008, 4:22 AM EDT. It took effect at Sep 14, 2008, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 14, 2008, 4:22 AM EDT (08:22 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 14, 2008, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 16, 2008, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
39 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lakeshore flood statement 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 lakeshore flood statement went out at Sep 14, 4:15 AM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 4:15 AM EDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 4:47 AM EDT, 23 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
447 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008

INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-140900-
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-CASS MI-
ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-
PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
447 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008 /347 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN. AN ISOLATED SEVERE
STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS OR EVEN A BRIEF TORNADO IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON SUNDAY. ISOLATED
SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTH OF U.S. ROUTE 6.

HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED AGAIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. RAINFALL
TOTALS AROUND 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY WITH HEAVIEST
AMOUNTS NORTH OF A PERU TO ANGOLA LINE. LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS MAY BE FLOODED...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME RIVER FLOODING
DEVELOPING ON OR BEYOND MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

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

INZ003-LMZ043-046-MIZ077-140900-
LA PORTE-NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-
MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN
447 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008 /347 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN. AN ISOLATED SEVERE
STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS OR EVEN A BRIEF TORNADO IS ALSO
POSSIBLE. THERE IS ALSO AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG
THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON SUNDAY. THE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED AGAIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. RAINFALL
TOTALS AROUND 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY. LOW LYING
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY BE FLOODED...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
SOME RIVER FLOODING DEVELOPING ON OR BEYOND MONDAY.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 13, 11:11 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 11:56 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningIWXElkhart, LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke6 hr
Sep 14, 4:21 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX42 hr
Sep 14, 9:46 AM EDTGale WarningIWX12 hr
Sep 14, 10:35 AM EDTWind AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay and 4 more5 hr
Sep 14, 11:40 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph24 hr
Sep 14, 12:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXElkhart9 days
Sep 14, 12:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXElkhart5 days
Sep 14, 12:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph46 hr
Sep 14, 12:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph7 days
Sep 14, 12:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph3 days
Sep 14, 1:29 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningIWXMarshall, Starke6 hr
Sep 14, 1:33 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningIWXElkhart, LaGrange6 hr
Sep 14, 5:56 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningIWXAdams, Allen, Jay77 min
Sep 14, 2:21 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningIWXBranch6 hr

Nearby

Lakeshore Flood Statements in Indiana, 2008Lakeshore Flood Statements in Michigan, 2008Every lakeshore flood statement 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.