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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Northern Indiana

March 1, 2009Elkhart County, Indiana; Branch County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Mar 1, 2009, 9:45 PM EST for Elkhart County, Indiana; Branch County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It took effect at Mar 2, 2009, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2009, 9:45 PM EST (02:45 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2009, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 3, 2009, 9:52 AM EST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Flood severity
Minor

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

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 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 Three Rivers (TRVM4).

Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
7 ft
Moderate stage
9 ft
Major stage
11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04097500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 9:45 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXDefiance, Fulton, Williams36 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2009River 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.