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River Flood Warning 194, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 3, 20135 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Jul 3, 2013, 10:10 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jul 4, 2013, 4:53 AM EDT. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2013, 10:10 PM EDT (02:10 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 4, 2013, 4:53 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 5, 2013, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
38 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Wabash River at Lafayette (LAFI3). The gauge peaked at 10.92 ft at Jul 4, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03335500, 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 Jul 3, 7:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 7:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
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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.