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River Flood Watch 1, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood watch at Feb 18, 2011, 9:36 AM EST for Allen County, DeKalb County, Indiana; Defiance County, Ohio. It took effect at Feb 19, 2011, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2011, 9:36 AM EST (14:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2011, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2011, 9:10 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Defiance County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 St. Joseph River (OH/IN) near Newville (NVLI3). The gauge peaked at 9.88 ft at Feb 20, 2011, 7:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 17 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04178000, 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 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 river flood watch went out at Feb 18, 4:25 AM EST, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 4:25 AM EST, 5 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 4:58 AM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 458 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-191000- 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 458 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 /358 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RUNOFF FROM RECENT SNOWMELT WILL CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MAUMEE AND WABASH RIVER BASINS. THE POTENTIAL FOR BREAKUP AND SUBSEQUENT JAMMING OF ICE COULD EXACERBATE FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE MONDAY. ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS AND POTENTIAL ICE JAMS ARE EXPECTED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-191000- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 458 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 3:19 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen | 5 days |
| Feb 18, 8:59 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Blackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 8:59 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 4 days |
| Feb 18, 1:01 PM EST | River Flood Watch | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Williams | 32 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:00 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam | 31 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Watches in Indiana, 2011River Flood Watches in Ohio, 2011Every river flood watch 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.