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River Flood Warning 117, NWS Northern Indiana

December 28, 2008Williams County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2008, 7:35 AM EST for Williams County, Ohio. It took effect at Dec 29, 2008, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2008, 7:35 AM EST (12:35 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2008, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 1, 2009, 9:00 AM EST
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Flood severity: Minor

County Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point St. Joseph River (OH/IN) at Montpelier (MONO1).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 16 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Dec 28, 6:19 AM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 6:19 AM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 6:04 AM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 28, 2:28 AM EST, 5 hours 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
228 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2008

INZ006>009-017-018-025>027-033-034-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004-015-016-
024-025-280830-
ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-ALLEN IN-BLACKFORD IN-BRANCH MI-DE KALB IN-DEFIANCE
OH-FULTON OH-HILLSDALE MI-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN-LAGRANGE IN-NOBLE
IN-PAULDING OH-PUTNAM OH-ST. JOSEPH MI-STEUBEN IN-VAN WERT OH-WELLS
IN-WHITLEY IN-WILLIAMS OH-
228 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2008

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 223 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SHOWERS WITH VERY STRONG WINDS ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF CENTREVILLE TO ROME CITY TO HARTFORD
CITY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS AROUND 55 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THEN
CONTINUE STRONG OVERNIGHT AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  DUNKIRK...OSSIAN AND BLUFFTON...
  GARRETT AND FORT WAYNE...
  AUBURN...
  PORTLAND AND NEW HAVEN...
  DECATUR...BERNE AND ANGOLA...
  BUTLER...VAN WERT

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS
TO BLOW AROUND.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STRONG WINDS SUBSIDE.

Local storm report, Dec 28, 2:45 AM EST, 4 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 28, 2:54 AM EST, 4 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 28, 3:04 AM EST, 4 hours 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 28, 3:11 AM EST, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 28, 3:34 AM EST, 4 hours 1 minute 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
Dec 27, 8:00 PM EST	River Flood Watch	IWX	Carroll, White	37 hr
Dec 27, 8:32 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall and 6 more	12 hr
Dec 27, 10:31 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke	61 hr
Dec 27, 10:34 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke	37 hr
Dec 27, 10:34 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Elkhart	13 hr
Dec 27, 10:34 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Saint Joseph	60 hr
Dec 28, 5:11 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Miami, Wabash	36 hr
Dec 28, 7:35 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen	38 hr
Dec 28, 7:35 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb	6 days
Dec 28, 7:35 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen	38 hr
Dec 28, 10:24 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	IWX		13 hr
Dec 28, 10:33 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wells	41 hr
Dec 28, 10:33 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Saint Joseph	30 hr
Dec 28, 3:27 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen	30 hr
Dec 27, 7:02 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Williams	9 days
Dec 28, 7:35 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Henry	52 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.