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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 10, 2009Carroll County, Tippecanoe County, White County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2009, 7:08 PM EDT for Carroll County, Tippecanoe County, White County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2009, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2009, 5:01 PM EDT
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Carroll County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Tippecanoe River at Oakdale Dam (MCXI3).

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Mar 10, 3:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 3:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 4:07 AM EDT, 15 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
407 AM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009

INZ030-031-036>042-044>049-052>057-061>065-068>072-110815-
CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-
RANDOLPH-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY-OWEN-
MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
407 AM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS INCLUDE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LIGHTNING. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE
RULED OUT.

FURTHERMORE...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

&&

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

INZ021-028-029-035-043-051-060-067-110815-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-VIGO-SULLIVAN-KNOX-
407 AM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS INCLUDE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LIGHTNING. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE
RULED OUT.

FURTHERMORE...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE TIPPECANOE AND WABASH
RIVERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH AND TIPPECANOE RIVERS.
HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT COULD MAKE THIS
FLOODING WORSE...ESPECIALLY IF THE AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL SETS UP
ALONG THE TIPPECANOE BASIN. SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
FOR DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT

&&

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

PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 8:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WatchINDCarroll, Tippecanoe, White6 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2009Every 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.