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River Flood Warning 57, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Mar 9, 2009, 10:24 PM EDT for Elkhart County, Indiana; Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It took effect at Mar 11, 2009, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2009, 10:24 PM EDT (02:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2009, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2009, 9:51 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 days
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Elkhart County, IN, Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 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 Mottville (MOTM4).
- Action stage
- 7 ft
- Minor stage
- 8 ft
- Moderate stage
- 9 ft
- Major stage
- 10 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04099000, 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 9, 8:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 8:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 4:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 432 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-102045- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN- MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN- CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 432 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 /332 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON MOST RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AS HEAVY RAIN MOVES BACK INTO THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...MAINLY IN THE EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS WEST OF ROUTE 31. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY WHICH COULD EXACERBATE ONGOING RIVER FLOODING AND RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SOME STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. FLOODING ON RIVERS IN THE AREA SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE IN THE WEEK...HOWEVER SOME RIVERS WILL LIKELY REMAIN FLOODED THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-102045- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 432 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 9, 9:41 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 4:23 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:31 AM EDT | Gale Warning | IWX | 30 hr | |
| Mar 10, 7:04 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Carroll, White | 6 days |
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.