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River Flood Warning 135, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 19, 2013Marion County, Morgan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Apr 19, 2013, 6:57 AM EDT for Marion County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2013, 6:57 AM EDT (10:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2013, 8:40 AM EDT
In force: 50 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Marion County, IN, Morgan County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White River (IN) at Raymond Street in Indianapolis (INDI3). The gauge peaked at 17.92 ft at Apr 20, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03353000, 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 warning 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 river flood warning went out at Apr 19, 6:35 AM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 6:35 AM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 3:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
351 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-200800-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
351 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: FLOODING THIS MORNING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT.

HAZARDS: FLOODED ROADS AND STREAMS. RIVER FLOODING.

TIMING: FLOODING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. FREEZING TEMPERATURES
AFTER 400 AM TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION: HEAVY RAINS FROM A STRONG COLD FRONT HAVE RESULTED IN
FLOODING IN MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. ROADS MAY BE
FLOODED AS CREEKS AND STREAM MAY BE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  GUSTY
WINDS TO 30 MPH AND MUCH COOLER AIR WILL SPREAD INTO INDIANA THIS MORNING.

COLD AIR ARRIVING IN THE AREA MAY RESULT IN TEMPERATURES FALLING
BELOW FREEZING AFTER 400 AM TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

OUTLOOK: ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM MAY BRING MORE THUNDERSTORMS NEXT
MONDAY NIGHT...TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF
SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT IN ALL
THUNDERSTORMS. RIVER FLOODING WILL BE ONGOING MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

DISCUSSION: COLD HIGH PRESSURE AND CLEAR SKIES MAY BRING
FROST ON SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A WARM UP IN
ADVANCE OF THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM BRINGING A RAIN THREAT BY
MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER MAY REPORT ANY ONGOING FLOODING.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

PUMA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 19, 4:16 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
416 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 AM     FLOOD            SHERIDAN                40.13N  86.22W
04/19/2013                   HAMILTON           IN   PUBLIC

            RESIDENT REPORTS THEIR HOME SURROUNDED BY WATER. REPORT
            VIA FACEBOOK.

&&

PUMA

Local storm report, Apr 19, 4:29 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
429 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0427 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 NNE CARMEL            39.99N  86.10W
04/19/2013  M3.65 INCH       HAMILTON           IN   COCORAHS

            TOTAL SINCE 700 AM YESTERDAY

&&

JAS

Local storm report, Apr 19, 4:51 AM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 19, 4:57 AM EDT, 2 hours before

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Local storm report, Apr 19, 6:07 AM EDT, 50 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
Apr 18, 8:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Boone, Clinton, Howard, Montgomery, Putnam	4 hr
Apr 18, 8:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and 2 more	4 hr
Apr 18, 9:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Howard and 6 more	36 hr
Apr 19, 12:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Brown, Clay, Daviess, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock and 14 more	33 hr
Apr 19, 3:25 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more	11 hr
Apr 19, 4:49 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Marion	52 hr
Apr 19, 4:49 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe, White	29 hr
Apr 19, 2:42 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more	17 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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.