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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana

February 11, 2009Cass County, Miami County, Wabash County, 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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 10:56 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Grant, Huntington and 4 more6 hr
Feb 11, 11:10 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen5 days
Feb 11, 11:10 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXAdams, Allen6 days
Feb 11, 11:10 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph71 hr
Feb 11, 11:10 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen71 hr
Feb 11, 11:10 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXHuntington, Wells5 days
Feb 11, 11:10 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXCass, Miami, Wabash35 hr
Feb 11, 11:10 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXMarshall, Saint Joseph, Starke35 hr
Feb 11, 4:45 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Grant, Huntington and 4 more9 hr
Feb 11, 11:10 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen, Paulding, Putnam71 hr
Feb 11, 11:10 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXPutnam4 days
Feb 11, 11:10 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXDefiance, Henry5 days
Feb 11, 11:10 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXHenry4 days
Feb 11, 5:22 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningIWXHenry6 hr
Feb 11, 5:41 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningIWXDefiance, Fulton, Paulding, Williams6 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.