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River Flood Warning 108, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2008, 10:36 AM CST for LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Starke County, Indiana. It took effect at Dec 27, 2008, 11:36 AM CST. It was in force for 7 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2008, 10:36 AM CST (16:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 27, 2008, 11:36 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2009, 10:11 AM CST
- In force
- 7 days
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties LaPorte County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Kankakee River at Davis (DAVI3).
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 12 ft
- Major stage
- 13 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05515500, 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Dec 26, 5:52 AM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 5:52 AM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 428 AM EST FRI DEC 26 2008 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-270930- LA PORTE-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-BERRIEN- CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...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...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 428 AM EST FRI DEC 26 2008 /328 AM CST FRI DEC 26 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A PERIOD FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED IN THE AREA THIS MORNING. WHILE ICE ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE SMALL...IT WILL LIKELY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME SLICK ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF A MONTICELLO TO HILLSDALE LINE. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES RESULTING IN RAPID MELTING OF THE SNOW COVER ACROSS THIS AREA. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND MELTING SNOW MAY RESULT IN FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH OF ROUTE 6. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-270930- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 428 AM EST FRI DEC 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE ALSO BE NEEDED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. GALES ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 2:13 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:48 AM CST | Flood Watch | IWX | Elkhart, Fulton, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Pulaski and 3 more | 47 hr |
| Dec 26, 1:28 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 20 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:40 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 24 hr |
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.