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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 12, 2010Gibson County, Knox County, Posey County, Indiana; 4 counties in Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2010, 1:30 PM CST for Gibson County, Knox County, Posey County, Indiana; 4 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Mar 18, 2010, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2010, 1:30 PM CST (19:30 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 18, 2010, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 14, 2010, 10:33 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Edwards County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Wabash County, IL, White County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Posey County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wabash River at Mount Carmel (MCRI2). The gauge peaked at 14.26 ft at Mar 15, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03377500, 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 Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 12, 12:47 PM CST, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 12:47 PM CST, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 4:01 AM CST, 9 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 12, 8:11 AM CST, 5 hours 19 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 11, 7:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Parke	41 min
Mar 12, 7:24 AM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	10 days
Mar 12, 1:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	6 days
Mar 12, 1:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	8 days
Mar 12, 1:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Greene, Owen	6 days
Mar 12, 1:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	7 days
Mar 12, 1:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	6 days
Mar 12, 1:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	8 days
Mar 12, 1:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	7 days
Mar 12, 1:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox	44 hr
Mar 12, 1:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	8 days
Mar 12, 1:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	8 days
Mar 12, 1:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	10 days
Mar 12, 1:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	12 days
Mar 12, 1:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	13 days
Mar 12, 1:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox	7 days
Mar 12, 5:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Madison	48 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2010 River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2010 Every river flood warning in 2010

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.