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River Flood Watch 32, NWS Northern Indiana

April 25, 20115 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood watch at Apr 25, 2011, 4:27 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Apr 28, 2011, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2011, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 28, 2011, 9:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 29, 2011, 8:27 AM EDT
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Flood severity
None

Counties Blackford County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 Salamonie River near Warren (WRNI3). The gauge peaked at 10.86 ft at Apr 28, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03324300, 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 25, 4:16 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 4:16 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 4:08 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
408 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

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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
408 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011 /308 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ALONG PORTIONS OF THE
WABASH...TIFFIN...AND ST. JOSEPH OHIO RIVERS.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT WHICH MAY
POSE A THREAT OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS THAT RECEIVED
HEAVY RAINFALL LAST WEEK WHERE SOILS ARE SATURATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A COUPLE OF MORE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. RIVER FLOODING WILL ALSO BECOME MORE
LIKELY DUE TO THE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND
ALREADY ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS FOR MANY LOCATIONS.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY EVENING
MAY BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-262015-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
408 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY GOES INTO EFFECT TONIGHT AT 2 AM EDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY.

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO
TUESDAY EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

&&

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 3:55 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX31 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Indiana, 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.