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River Flood Watch 44, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood watch at May 29, 2011, 11:12 AM EDT for Carroll County, White County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2011, 11:12 AM EDT (15:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2011, 12:13 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carroll County, IN, White County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 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 Tippecanoe River at Norway Dam (NWYI3).
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 20 ft
- Major stage
- 23 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 May 29, 5:01 AM EDT, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 5:01 AM EDT, 6 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 10:14 AM EDT, 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1014 AM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011 INZ003>009-012>018-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-301415- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN- CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- 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...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN... MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING... ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA 1014 AM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011 /914 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF A WINAMAC TO FORT WAYNE TO PAULDING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE THE GREATEST THREAT...HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER IS ALSO POSSIBLE. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HEAT INDICES TO RISE INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-301415- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT... PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND... VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 1014 AM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE NORTH OF A WINAMAC TO FORT WAYNE TO PAULDING LINE. HOWEVER...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE THE GREATEST THREAT...HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER IS ALSO POSSIBLE. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HEAT INDICES TO RISE INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-301415- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 1014 AM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. EXPECT LOCALLY HIGH WAVES IN AND NEAR STORMS. FOG WILL ALSO LIMIT VISIBILITY TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING. && 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, May 29, 10:25 AM EDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1025 AM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011 INZ003>009-012>018-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-291630- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER... BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN... MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS 1025 AM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011 /925 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011/ ...THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA LATE THIS MORNING. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EASTWARD AND INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES THROUGH NORTHERN ILLINOIS. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS LINE. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND THREAT...HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN CELLS THAT DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE. AREAS MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A WINAMAC INDIANA TO FORT WAYNE TO PAULDING OHIO LINE. THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO ENTER WESTERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE EAST. THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR INTERNET SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. FISHER/NG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 25 min |
| May 28, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wells | 28 min |
| May 28, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells | 51 min |
| May 28, 8:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke | 3 hr |
| May 28, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 22 min |
| May 28, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 34 min |
| May 28, 8:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, Fulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami and 4 more | 3 hr |
| May 28, 9:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Whitley | 32 min |
| May 29, 11:03 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 10 hr |
| May 29, 11:03 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 46 hr |
| May 29, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 112 min | |
| May 29, 1:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 5 hr |
| May 29, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 2 hr | |
| May 29, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Pulaski, Starke, White | 68 min |
| May 29, 2:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 52 min |
| May 29, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 49 min |
| May 29, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall and 6 more | 56 min |
| May 29, 3:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Saint Joseph | 39 min |
| May 29, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko, Wabash, Whitley | 33 min |
| May 29, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben and 1 more | 49 min |
| May 29, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb | 43 min |
| May 29, 5:15 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 4 days |
| May 28, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 35 min |
| May 28, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 13 min |
| May 28, 10:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert | 51 min |
| May 28, 10:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Putnam | 24 min |
| May 29, 4:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton, Williams | 51 min |
| May 29, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 26 min |
| May 29, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 68 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.