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Areal Flood Warning 9, 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 PM EST for Delaware County, Henry County, Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 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 PM EST (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2011, 3:00 PM EST
In force
24 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 20:05 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 5, 11:44 AM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 11:44 AM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 4:30 AM EST, 10 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
430 AM EST SAT MAR 5 2011

INZ021-030-031-036>038-040>042-045-046-048-049-055-057-062-063-
065-072-060930-
CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-
RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-HANCOCK-HENRY-JOHNSON-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-
DECATUR-JENNINGS-
430 AM EST SAT MAR 5 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL
CAUSE FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS...IN ADDITION TO
CAUSING RIVERS TO RISE.

IN ADDITION...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL IF AT ALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

MORE RAIN AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF ANY STORMS
WILL BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

INZ028-029-035-039-043-044-047-051>054-056-060-061-064-067>071-
060930-
WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-HAMILTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-MARION-VIGO-
CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-SHELBY-SULLIVAN-GREENE-BARTHOLOMEW-KNOX-DAVIESS-
MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-
430 AM EST SAT MAR 5 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL
CAUSE FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS...IN ADDITION TO
CAUSING RIVERS TO RISE.

IN ADDITION...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL IF AT ALL.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON AREA RIVERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

MORE RAIN AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF
ANY STORMS WILL BE SEVERE.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA RIVERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 5, 12:52 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 5, 1:51 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 9:58 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Madison3 days
Mar 5, 3:02 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Randolph12 hr
Mar 5, 4:00 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Clay, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson and 12 more11 hr
Mar 5, 7:10 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Clay, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson and 12 more32 hr
Mar 5, 7:38 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson and 5 more35 hr
Mar 5, 8:32 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Madison51 hr
Mar 5, 9:09 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDDelaware6 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2011Every areal flood warning in 2011

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.