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River Flood Warning 90, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 22, 20104 counties in Indiana; Wabash County, Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at May 22, 2010, 2:09 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana; Wabash County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2010, 2:09 PM EDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2010, 1:29 PM EDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Wabash County, IL, Daviess County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Pike County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White River (IN) at Petersburg (PTRI3). The gauge peaked at 16.60 ft at May 22, 2010, 5:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 23.5 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03374000, 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 May 21, 7:00 PM EDT, 19 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 7:00 PM EDT, 19 hours 9 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
May 21, 8:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Martin	3 hr
May 22, 2:09 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox	23 hr
May 22, 2:09 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	4 days
May 22, 2:09 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox	46 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2010 River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 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.