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River Flood Warning 80, NWS Northern Indiana

April 17, 2009Elkhart County, Indiana; Branch County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 17, 2009, 9:24 PM EDT for Elkhart County, Indiana; Branch County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It took effect at Apr 18, 2009, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 2009, 9:24 PM EDT (01:24 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 18, 2009, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 18, 2009, 9:32 PM EDT
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Elkhart County, IN, Branch County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Three Rivers (TRVM4).

Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
7 ft
Moderate stage
9 ft
Major stage
11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04097500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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.