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River Flood Warning 89, NWS Northern Indiana

May 19, 2009Elkhart County, Indiana; Branch County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at May 19, 2009, 8:38 PM EDT for Elkhart County, Indiana; Branch County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It took effect at May 20, 2009, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2009, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)
In effect from
May 20, 2009, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 21, 2009, 10:13 AM EDT
In force
32 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 00:42 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 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.