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River Flood Advisory 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 2, 2009Wabash County, Illinois; Gibson County, Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood advisory at Nov 2, 2009, 4:54 AM CST for Wabash County, Illinois; Gibson County, Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 2, 2009, 4:54 AM CST (10:54 UTC)
Expired: Nov 3, 2009, 4:50 PM CST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN

Counties Wabash County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Knox County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 White River (IN) at Hazleton (HAZI3).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 28 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.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS83 KIND 021054
FLSIND
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
554 AM EST MON NOV 02 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

  WHITE RIVER...

.NEAR BANKFULL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WHITE RIVER IN
SOUTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  RIVER CRESTS WILL BE SLIGHTLY
LESS THAN HIGH WATER SEEN IN OCTOBER.  LOWER RIVER LEVELS WILL
RETURN BY FRIDAY.

HIGH WATER WILL AFFECT AGRICULTURAL...RIVER PARKS AND POSSIBLY A
FEW LOCAL RIVER ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATER. TURN 
AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS.  
RECREATIONAL AND AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO 
CHANGING RIVER CONDITIONS.

FOR DETAILED FLOOD INFORMATION GO TO WEATHER.GOV/IND ON THE WEB.  
FROM THE BLUE MENU BAR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE...CLICK ON RIVERS
AND LAKES.

&&

ILC185-INC027-051-083-125-031054-
/O.NEW.KIND.FL.Y.0020.091102T1054Z-091103T2250Z/
/PTRI3.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
554 AM EST MON NOV 02 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR
  THE WHITE RIVER AT PETERSBURG.
* UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT  5:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 16.0 FEET THIS EVENING.
* AT 16.0 FEET...FLOODING AFFECTS AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

$$

ILC185-INC051-083-031053-
/O.NEW.KIND.FL.Y.0021.091102T1054Z-091103T2250Z/
/HAZI3.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
554 AM EST MON NOV 02 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR
  THE WHITE RIVER AT HAZLETON.
* UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* AT  5:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS ESTIMATED NEAR 15.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 15.9 FEET TUESDAY MORNING.
* AT 16 FEET...FLOODING BEGINS IN LOWEST BOTTOMLANDS AND A FEW LOCAL
  ROADS.  HIGH WATER AFFECTS A FEW LOW OIL FIELDS.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 2, 4:54 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	IND	Wabash	36 hr

Nearby

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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.