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River Flood Warning 74, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 6, 2009, 10:10 PM EDT for Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan. It took effect at Apr 7, 2009, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2009, 10:10 PM EDT (02:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2009, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2009, 11:02 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 02:12 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.
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 Apr 6, 7:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 7:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 1:43 PM EDT, 8 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 143 PM EDT MON APR 6 2009 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-071745- 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 143 PM EDT MON APR 6 2009 /1243 PM CDT MON APR 6 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-071745- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 143 PM EDT MON APR 6 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE WITH NORTH GALES TO 40 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH NORTH GALES TO 35 KNOTS EXPECTED BEFORE DIMINISHING 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 10:48 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 9 hr | |
| Apr 7, 10:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:09 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry | 19 hr |
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.