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River Flood Warning 106, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 7, 20095 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at May 7, 2009, 11:42 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at May 8, 2009, 6:44 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2009, 11:42 PM EDT (03:42 UTC)
In effect from
May 8, 2009, 6:44 AM EDT
Expired
May 8, 2009, 11:17 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 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 Wabash River at Lafayette (LAFI3). The gauge peaked at 10.80 ft at May 9, 2009, 2:00 AM EDT.

actionminormoderate101505/0805/09
Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03335500, 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 Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 7, 6:36 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 6:36 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
636 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

.AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 080000Z TAFS

UPPER WAVE WILL BRING A COUPLE OF ROUND OF SHOWERS AND PERHAPS SOME
STORMS TO THE SITES TONIGHT.  AREA OF SHRA/TSRA CURRENTLY ACOSS
CENTRAL IL WILL PUSH EAST INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. WILL PUT
TEMPO SHRA WITH CB AT LAF AND TEMPO TSRA AT IND/HUF BASED ON CURRENT
RADAR TRENDS. AREA MORE STABLE AIR LIES IN BETWEEN THESE STORMS AND
SITES...SO TS MAY DECREASE. WILL KEEP AN EYE OUT ON THESE.

MORE WIDESPREAD SHRA WITH ISOLD TSRA WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND
MOVE ACROSS SITES OVERNIGHT. WILL GO MVFR CONDS IN SHRA AFT ABOUT
06Z OR SO. TSRA COVERAGE LOOKS SMALL ENOUGH TO HANDLE WITH CB
MENTION.

A LULL IN THE PRECIP CHANCES WILL OCCUR FRI MORNING AHEAD OF NEXT
SYSTEM. MVFR CIGS SHOULD LIFT TO VFR BY 18Z. TIMING AND COVERAGE OF
PRECIP IS UNCERTAIN BUT SHOULD OCCUR AFT 18Z...SO HAVE JUST INCLUDED
A CB MENTION FOR NOW.

&&

.DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A SHORT WAVE OVER MO AND IA.
WEAK HIGH PRES WAS FOUND ACRS THE SE UNITED STATES...WHILE A WEAK
LOW PRES SYS WAS FOUND ACRS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SAT IMAGERY SHOWS
CLOUDS ACRS CENTRAL INDIANA DRIFTING EAST WITH WARMING TOPS. DEW
POINT TEMPS WERE IN THE UPPER 50S.

MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE TDY WL BE POPS.

MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT AND WL USE A BLEND.

PROGRESSIVE ZONAL UPPER FLOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS...BRINGING SEVERAL QUICK MOVING S/W ACRS INDIANA AND THE
OHIO VALLEY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE TO THESE
WEAK WAVES AS THEY PUSH ACRS THE AREA. BEST FORCING APPEARS TO PUSH
ACRS THE FA LATE TONIGHT AND ASSOCIATED FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW
SATURATION. LWR LVL Q VECTORS ALSO SHOW GOOD CONVERGENCE. THUS THE
NEAR TERM CATEGORICAL POPS LOOK PRETTY REASONABLE...BUT WL TRY AND
CONFINE THAT UNTIL LATE IN THE EVENING. WITH EXPECTED CLOUDS AND
PCPN WL LEAN TOWARD ONGOING DEW POINT TEMPS FOR LOWS TONIGHT.

TIME HEIGHT SECTIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW PLENTY OF LOWER LVL MOISTURE
AVAILABLE ON FRI AND TIME HEIGHT SECTIONS SHOW LIS OF -2 WITH SOME
CAPE. THUS WL KEEP SOME POPS GOING ON FRI AS ANOTHER S/W PASSES
THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. WL USE A BLEND OF MAVMOS AND METMOS FOR
HIGHS.

EXPECT CLOUDS TO CONTINUE TO LINGER ON FRI NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS A
CD FRONT BEGINS TO DROP OUT OF THE UPPER MIDWEST AND PUSHES ACRS
INDIANA DURING THE COURSE OF SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AGAIN...GIVEN THE
STRONGER FORCING HERE AND UPPER SUPPORT WL CONTINUE TO INCLUDE SOME
CHC POPS. GIVEN THE EXPECTED CLOUDS WL GO COOLER THAN MAVMOS ON
HIGHS AND WARMER ON LOWS.

AS FOR THE EXTENDED...GFS SUGGESTS RIDGE OF HIGH PRES BUILDING ACRS
THE GRT LKS AND OHIO VALLEY STARTING ON SUNDAY AND HOLDING ACRS THE
RGN THROUGH TUES. WL KEEP FCST DRY BUT COOL THROUGH THIS PERIOD AS
LIGHT NW FLOW CONTINUES. SFC HIGH MOVES TO OUR EAST BY WED AND
WARMER SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW BEGINS. ATTM CD FRONT WILL APPROACH
INDIANA BY THURSDAY. HENCE WL INCLUDE PCPN CHC STARTING WED DUE TO
POSSIBLE DIURNAL EFFECTS IN THE WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR MASS...AND
CONTINUE POPS THROUGH THURSDAY WITH THE ADVANCE AND PASSAGE OF THE
CD FRONT ON THURS.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

AVIATION...CS
PUBLIC...PUMA
Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 8:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
805 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

INZ039>042-045>049-054>057-065-090015-
HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-
HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-DECATUR-
805 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. MOST STORMS WILL
NOT BE SEVERE...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT
FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND
AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE...HOWEVER...LIGHTNING IS A THREAT WITH ANY STORM THAT
FORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ORGANIZED SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

INZ051>053-060>064-067>072-090015-
VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-KNOX-
DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
805 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...MAINLY WEST OF A BLOOMINGTON TO BEDFORD
LINE. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM.

LOWLAND FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...EAST
FORK OF THE WHITE...AND WABASH RIVERS. SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC
STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND
AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE...HOWEVER...LIGHTNING IS A THREAT WITH ANY STORM THAT
FORMS.

LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE
WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...AND WABASH RIVERS MOST OF THIS
WEEK. THERE MAY BE SOME IMPROVEMENT BY THIS WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS EVENING.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

INZ021-028>031-035>038-090015-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-
805 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. MOST STORMS WILL
NOT BE SEVERE...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT
FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND
AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE...HOWEVER...LIGHTNING IS A THREAT WITH ANY STORM THAT
FORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ORGANIZED SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT...BUT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

INZ043-044-090015-
VERMILLION-PARKE-
805 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. MOST STORMS WILL
NOT BE SEVERE...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT
FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM.

LOWLAND FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...EAST
FORK OF THE WHITE...AND WABASH RIVERS. SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC
STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND
AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE...HOWEVER...LIGHTNING IS A THREAT WITH ANY STORM THAT
FORMS.

LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE
WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...AND WABASH RIVERS MOST OF THIS
WEEK. THERE MAY BE SOME IMPROVEMENT BY THIS WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ORGANIZED SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT...BUT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

In the hours before

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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.