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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Northern Indiana

May 22, 2010LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Starke County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at May 22, 2010, 4:31 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2010, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2010, 9:21 AM CDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Flood severity
Minor

Counties LaPorte County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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 Kankakee River at Davis (DAVI3). The gauge peaked at 10.05 ft at May 22, 2010, 6:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
12 ft
Major stage
13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05515500, 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 22, 2:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 2:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 2:09 AM CDT, 14 hours 22 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 11:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 22, 1:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 7:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Steuben, Wells4 hr
May 21, 9:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb, Steuben6 hr
May 21, 9:24 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen, Huntington, Wabash20 hr
May 21, 9:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXBlackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells3 hr
May 22, 12:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen6 days
May 22, 3:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen65 hr
May 22, 3:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb7 days
May 22, 4:47 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb, Huntington, Steuben, Wabash, Wells and 1 more6 hr
May 22, 10:55 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb, Huntington, Steuben, Wabash, Wells and 1 more6 hr
May 22, 11:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph34 hr
May 22, 12:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke45 hr
May 22, 12:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXCass, Miami, Wabash5 hr
May 22, 3:55 PM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryIWX11 hr
May 22, 5:09 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningIWXDeKalb12 hr
May 22, 3:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXDefiance, Fulton, Williams8 days
May 22, 3:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXWilliams5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2010Every 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.