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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Feb 11, 2009, 11:10 AM EST for Cass County, Miami County, Wabash County, Indiana. It took effect at Feb 11, 2009, 10:11 PM EST. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2009, 11:10 AM EST (16:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2009, 10:11 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2009, 9:52 AM EST
- In force
- 60 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Cass County, IN, Miami County, IN, Wabash County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:13 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 Eel River (IN) at North Manchester (NMCI3).
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 11 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 16 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03328000, 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 Feb 11, 6:40 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 6:40 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 5:46 AM EST, 5 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 546 AM EST WED FEB 11 2009 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-LMZ043-046-MIZ077>081-OHZ001- 002-004-005-015-016-024-025-121100- 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- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 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 546 AM EST WED FEB 11 2009 /446 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. THE MAIN HAZARD IS DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS...DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE REGION DUE TO THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA...WITH VERY STRONG WINDS LIKELY AFTER A COLD FRONT PASSES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.50 TO 2.25 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MARION TO HILLSDALE...WITH LESS AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE. RUNOFF FROM THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN ATOP SATURATED SOILS WILL LEAD TO AT LEAST MINOR FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OF NUMEROUS RIVERS. ICE FLOWS AND POTENTIAL JAMS MAY EXACERBATE ANY FLOODING. LONGER TERM LAKE STORAGE FLOODING COULD ALSO OCCUR BY NEXT WEEK. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. IT REMAINS TOO EARLY FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS WITH RESPECT TO THIS SYSTEM...HOWEVER A HEAVY SNOWFALL EVENT DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 10:56 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Grant, Huntington and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:10 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 5 days |
| Feb 11, 11:10 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen | 6 days |
| Feb 11, 11:10 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 71 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:10 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 71 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:10 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 5 days |
| Feb 11, 11:10 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 35 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:10 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 35 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:45 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Grant, Huntington and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:10 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam | 71 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:10 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Putnam | 4 days |
| Feb 11, 11:10 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry | 5 days |
| Feb 11, 11:10 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Henry | 4 days |
| Feb 11, 5:22 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Henry | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 5:41 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Paulding, Williams | 6 hr |
Nearby
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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.