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Flood Watch 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

January 12, 201334 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flood watch at Jan 12, 2013, 3:44 AM EST for 34 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jan 12, 2013, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2013, 3:44 AM EST (08:44 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 13, 2013, 4:00 PM EST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Flood severity: None

All 34 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Jan 12, 3:37 AM EST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 3:37 AM EST, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 3:51 PM EST, 11 hours 53 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 11:06 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Shelby	3 days
Jan 12, 11:06 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	8 days
Jan 12, 11:06 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	8 days
Jan 12, 11:06 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	58 hr
Jan 12, 11:06 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	3 days
Jan 12, 11:06 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	8 days

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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.