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River Flood Warning 77, NWS Northern Indiana

April 7, 2009Defiance County, Henry County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 7, 2009, 4:09 PM EDT for Defiance County, Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 7, 2009, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2009, 10:42 AM EDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Defiance County, OH, Henry County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Maumee River near Defiance (DEFO1).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 7, 3:46 PM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 3:46 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 10:10 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Saint Joseph	5 days
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

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.