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Areal Flood Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 5, 2011Delaware County, Henry County, Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at Mar 5, 2011, 3:02 AM EST for Delaware County, Henry County, Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 5, 2011, 3:02 AM EST (08:02 UTC)
Expired: Mar 5, 2011, 3:00 PM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Delaware County, IN, Henry County, IN, Randolph County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Mar 4, 5:35 PM EST, 9 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 5:35 PM EST, 9 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 4:44 PM EST, 10 hours 18 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 4, 9:58 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	3 days
Mar 5, 4:00 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Boone, Clay, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson and 12 more	11 hr
Mar 5, 7:10 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Clay, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson and 12 more	32 hr
Mar 5, 7:38 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson and 5 more	35 hr
Mar 5, 8:32 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	51 hr
Mar 5, 9:09 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Delaware	6 hr
Mar 5, 3:02 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Randolph	24 hr

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.