Alert archive / Indiana / River Flood Warnings in 2008

River Flood Warning 26, NWS Northern Indiana

January 10, 2008Adams County, Allen County, Indiana; Van Wert County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Jan 10, 2008, 11:05 AM EST for Adams County, Allen County, Indiana; Van Wert County, Ohio. It took effect at Jan 11, 2008, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 59 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 10, 2008, 11:05 AM EST (16:05 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 11, 2008, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 13, 2008, 5:10 PM EST
In force: 59 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point St. Marys River at Decatur (DCRI3). The gauge peaked at 16.83 ft at Jan 13, 2008, 3:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04181500, 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 Jan 9, 3:39 PM EST, 19 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 3:39 PM EST, 19 hours 26 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 9, 11:32 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Elkhart	6 days
Jan 10, 9:41 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wells	3 days

Nearby

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