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River Flood Warning 128, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 16, 2009Morgan County, Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2009, 11:02 AM EDT for Morgan County, Owen County, Indiana. It took effect at May 17, 2009, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2009, 11:02 AM EDT (15:02 UTC)
In effect from: May 17, 2009, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 16, 2009, 11:14 PM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White River (IN) near Centerton (CNTI3).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03354000, 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 16, 6:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 6:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 4:21 AM EDT, 6 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 16, 6:42 AM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 6:45 AM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 7:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 9:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Warren	64 min
May 15, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	43 min
May 15, 8:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Warren	24 min
May 15, 8:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	65 min
May 15, 9:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Warren	4 hr
May 15, 9:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Tippecanoe, Vermillion	6 hr
May 15, 9:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	64 min
May 15, 10:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll	30 min
May 15, 10:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Fountain, Tippecanoe	4 hr
May 15, 10:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion	4 hr
May 15, 10:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Tippecanoe	50 min
May 15, 11:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	45 min
May 15, 11:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard	36 min
May 15, 11:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Putnam, Vigo	3 hr
May 15, 11:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Putnam, Vigo	3 hr
May 16, 1:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Warren	12 hr
May 16, 2:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Fountain, Tippecanoe	12 hr
May 16, 1:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Warren	6 hr
May 16, 2:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Fountain, Tippecanoe	6 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.