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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Northern Indiana

August 3, 201012 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood watch at Aug 3, 2010, 4:00 PM EDT for 12 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Aug 4, 2010, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2010, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 4, 2010, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 4, 2010, 4:18 PM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Flood severity
None

Counties Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Miami County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 3, 3:50 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:50 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 4:02 AM EDT, 11 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
402 AM EDT TUE AUG 3 2010

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-040815-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-
PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-
MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-
CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...
WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...
BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
402 AM EDT TUE AUG 3 2010 /302 AM CDT TUE AUG 3 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF
THESE WILL BE THROUGH THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT.
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT ISOLATED DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE AREA.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS DURING THIS PERIOD MAY
ALSO CAUSE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-040815-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
402 AM EDT TUE AUG 3 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. ANY
THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AND LOCALLY
HIGHER WAVES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. THE
STORMS COULD CONTAIN HIGH WINDS AND WAVES...MAINLY ON WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 6:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke56 min
Aug 3, 7:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass, Pulaski, Starke, White61 min
Aug 3, 8:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXGrant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash37 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Indiana, 2010Every flash flood watch 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.