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Flood Watch 4, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flood watch at Apr 17, 2013, 1:23 PM EDT for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 18, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2013, 1:23 PM EDT (17:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 18, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Flood severity
- None
All 33 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 233 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Apr 17, 12:33 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 12:33 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 5:37 AM EDT, 7 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 537 AM EDT WED APR 17 2013 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-180945- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN- MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN- CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- 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... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 537 AM EDT WED APR 17 2013 /437 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY... MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 69... ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY MANY OF THE STORMS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MARION TO MONTICELLO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AREA THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD RESULT IN FLOODING... ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT... BUT MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-180945- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 537 AM EDT WED APR 17 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY... MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS... LOCALLY HIGH WAVES... AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SOUTH GALES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NEARSHORE AREA THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. && 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
Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:14 AM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 4:20 AM EDT | Gale Watch | IWX | 23 hr | |
| Apr 17, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 86 min | |
| Apr 17, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 50 min |
| Apr 17, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 39 min |
| Apr 17, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Pulaski, White | 38 min |
| Apr 17, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 24 min |
Nearby
Flood Watches in Indiana, 2013Flood Watches in Ohio, 2013Flood Watches in Michigan, 2013Every flood watch 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.