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River Flood Watch 28, NWS Northern Indiana

April 24, 2011Cass County, Miami County, Wabash County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood watch at Apr 24, 2011, 11:22 AM EDT for Cass County, Miami County, Wabash County, Indiana. It took effect at Apr 26, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2011, 11:22 AM EDT (15:22 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 26, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 27, 2011, 11:42 AM EDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Flood severity: None

Counties Cass County, IN, Miami County, IN, Wabash County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wabash River at Wabash (WABI3). The gauge peaked at 16.61 ft at Apr 28, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03325000, 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 Apr 24, 6:49 AM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 6:49 AM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 8:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 11:22 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Cass, Miami, Wabash	3 days
Apr 24, 11:22 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke	49 hr
Apr 24, 11:22 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Allen	34 hr
Apr 24, 11:22 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Adams, Wells	60 hr
Apr 24, 11:22 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Adams, Allen	34 hr
Apr 24, 11:22 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Allen	4 days
Apr 24, 11:22 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Defiance, Henry	34 hr
Apr 24, 11:22 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Henry	4 days
Apr 24, 11:22 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Williams	34 hr
Apr 24, 11:22 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Allen, Paulding, Putnam	34 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.