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River Flood Warning 204, NWS Indianapolis, IN

December 14, 20094 counties in Indiana; Wabash County, Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Dec 14, 2009, 2:31 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana; Wabash County, Illinois. It took effect at Dec 15, 2009, 2:00 AM EST. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 14, 2009, 2:31 PM EST (19:31 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 15, 2009, 2:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 16, 2009, 10:45 AM EST
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Flood severity: Minor

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

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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 Petersburg (PTRI3).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 23.5 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03374000, 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 Dec 14, 2:30 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 2:30 PM EST, 1 minute 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
Dec 13, 7:20 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	63 hr
Dec 13, 7:20 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	63 hr
Dec 13, 7:20 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	58 hr
Dec 13, 7:20 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	3 days
Dec 13, 7:20 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	19 hr
Dec 13, 7:20 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	19 hr
Dec 13, 7:20 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	19 hr
Dec 13, 7:20 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	19 hr
Dec 14, 2:31 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox	44 hr

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.