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River Flood Watch 11, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood watch at Feb 27, 2011, 10:06 AM CST for Starke County, Indiana. It took effect at Mar 1, 2011, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2011, 10:06 AM CST (16:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 9:52 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Flood severity
- None
County Starke County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:09 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 10.16 ft at Mar 1, 2011, 9:00 AM CST.
- 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 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 27, 6:12 AM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 6:12 AM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 439 AM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-280945- 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 439 AM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 /339 AM CST SUN FEB 27 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES WILL RAPIDLY TRACK EASTWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING INCREASED MOISTURE NORTHWARD. RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THESE SOUTH WINDS WILL ALSO BRING IN WARMER AIR TONIGHT THAT WILL RESULT IN RAPID MELTING OF THE EXISTING SNOWPACK. THE COMBINATION OF RUNOFF FROM THIS MELTING SNOW AND HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN THE POSSIBILITY OF LOW LAND FLOODING TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ALONG WITH A LIKELIHOOD OF RIVER FLOODING THIS UPCOMING WEEK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE COMBINATION OF RUNOFF FROM MELTING SNOW AND RECENT RAINFALL WILL POSE A THREAT FOR RIVER FLOODING THROUGH MUCH OF THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF ANY OBSERVED FLOODING AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-280945- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 439 AM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AS NORTH WINDS INCREASE. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES... OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 27, 6:24 AM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 3:27 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 42 hr | |
| Feb 27, 3:53 AM CST | Flood Watch | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Starke | 25 min |
| Feb 27, 4:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall | 21 min |
| Feb 27, 5:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton, Pulaski | 28 min |
| Feb 27, 5:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb, Noble | 30 min |
| Feb 27, 5:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 24 min |
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.