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River Flood Warning 195, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 10, 2013Knox County, Sullivan County, Indiana; Crawford County, Lawrence County, Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Jul 10, 2013, 10:43 PM EDT for Knox County, Sullivan County, Indiana; Crawford County, Lawrence County, Illinois. It took effect at Jul 11, 2013, 5:36 PM EDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2013, 10:43 PM EDT (02:43 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 11, 2013, 5:36 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 13, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
In force
42 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Crawford County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Knox County, IN, Sullivan County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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 Wabash River near Hutsonville (HUTI2).

Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03341910, 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 10, 6:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 3:03 PM EDT, 7 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
303 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-111915-
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-
303 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS.

HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING.

TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL
INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE FRONT WILL INTERACT
WITH A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL INDIANA MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

OUTLOOK: DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS
WEEK THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

DISCUSSION: HIGH WILL PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY WEATHER TO CENTRAL
INDIANA LATE THIS WEEK THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING
REPORTS.

&&

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

SMF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 10, 5:18 PM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
518 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

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

0240 PM     FLASH FLOOD      6 NE DELPHI             40.65N  86.59W
07/10/2013                   CARROLL            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGH WATER RESULTING IN ROAD CLOSURES FOR PARTS OF
            COUNTY ROADS 700 N AND 175 W. TIME VERY ESTIMATED.

&&

CP
Local storm report, Jul 10, 5:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
521 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

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

0130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E DELPHI              40.58N  86.57W
07/10/2013                   CARROLL            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN IN COUNTY. BOTH LOCATION AND TIME ESTIMATED.

&&

CP
Local storm report, Jul 10, 5:29 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
529 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

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

1205 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S ROCKVILLE           39.71N  87.23W
07/10/2013                   PARKE              IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG 41 AND IN SOUTHERN END OF
            COUNTY FROM ROCKVILLE SOUTH. TIME AND LOCATION OF REPORT
            VERY ESTIMATED.

&&

CP

Nearby

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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.