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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Northern Indiana

February 28, 2009Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Feb 28, 2009, 9:44 AM EST for Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan. It took effect at Feb 28, 2009, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2009, 9:44 AM EST (14:44 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 28, 2009, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 1, 2009, 10:51 AM EST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Elkhart County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Berrien County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:50 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 St. Joseph River (MI/IN) at South Bend (SBNI3).

Action stage
4.5 ft
Minor stage
5.5 ft
Moderate stage
8 ft
Major stage
9 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04101225, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2009River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 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.