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River Flood Warning 138, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 12, 20094 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Jun 12, 2009, 11:11 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jun 12, 2009, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2009, 11:11 AM EDT (15:11 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 12, 2009, 10:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 13, 2009, 11:35 AM EDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Flood severity: Minor

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

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:10 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 Covington (CVGI3). The gauge peaked at 15.31 ft at Jun 13, 2009, 3:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03336000, 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 Jun 12, 7:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 7:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 41 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
Jun 12, 7:33 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	28 hr
Jun 12, 11:11 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	41 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.