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River Flood Warning 144, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 18, 2009Knox County, Sullivan County, Indiana; Crawford County, Lawrence County, Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Jun 18, 2009, 10:59 PM EDT for Knox County, Sullivan County, Indiana; Crawford County, Lawrence County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 19, 2009, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2009, 10:59 PM EDT (02:59 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 19, 2009, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 19, 2009, 1:47 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Crawford County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Knox County, IN, Sullivan County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wabash River at Riverton (RVTI3). The gauge peaked at 14.46 ft at Jun 20, 2009, 1:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03342000, 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 18, 9:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 9:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 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 18, 10:59 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	3 days
Jun 19, 3:51 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Decatur, Greene and 17 more	15 hr
Jun 19, 12:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	3 days
Jun 19, 7:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	65 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2009 River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2009 Every river flood warning in 2009

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.