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River Flood Warning 121, NWS Northern Indiana

December 28, 2008Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2008, 10:33 AM EST for Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan. It took effect at Dec 29, 2008, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2008, 10:33 AM EST (15:33 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2008, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 29, 2008, 4:49 PM EST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Elkhart County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Berrien County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point St. Joseph River (MI/IN) at Niles (NILM4). The gauge peaked at 11.00 ft at Dec 28, 2008, 11:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04101500, 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, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 6:19 AM EST, 4 hours 14 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
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, 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
Dec 28, 7:35 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Williams	4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2008 River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 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.