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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 19, 2013, 12:38 AM EDT for Allen County, Indiana. It took effect at Apr 19, 2013, 5:59 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2013, 12:38 AM EDT (04:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 19, 2013, 5:59 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2013, 11:28 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 days
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Allen County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 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 St. Joseph River (OH/IN) near Fort Wayne (ROOI3). The gauge peaked at 16.00 ft at Apr 20, 2013, 1:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04180500, 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 18, 6:49 PM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 6:49 PM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
649 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 439 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013
OUTFLOW ASSOCIATED WITH LEAD CONVECTION HAS SLOWED ACROSS EXTREME
SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...ALTHOUGH HAS MADE MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SOUTHWARD PROGRESS INTO CENTRAL INDIANA. RAIN COOLED AIR
IN LARGER STRATIFORM/EMBEDDED CONVECTION AREA BEHIND LEADING EDGE
HAS RESULTED IN SOME SUBSTANTIAL CIN FOR LOWER BASED PARCELS ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA. A POTENT UPPER JET STREAK WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT
NORTHEAST INTO THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING. MAGNITUDE OF
LOWER BASED INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED BY EFFECTS OF EARLIER
CONVECTION WITH BETTER CHANCE OF MORE VIGOROUS CONVECTION POSSIBLY
CLIPPING FAR SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING.
STILL EXPECTING FOCUS FOR SFC BASED CONVECTION TO REMAIN
SOUTH AND EAST OF THE LOCAL AREA MAY LIMIT SEVERE THREAT ACROSS
SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE
OUT SOME SEVERE THREAT ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST...ESPECIALLY IN THE
FORM OF ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
OF GREATER CONCERN TONIGHT WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
PARTICULARLY EAST HALF...WITH SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS LOOKING TO BE
INLINE FOR THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS. AFOREMENTIONED UPPER JET STREAK WILL
PRODUCE STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE FIELDS WITH PRONOUNCED
THICKNESS DIFFLUENCE/HEAVY RAIN SIGNATURE SHOWING UP IN BOTH 12Z
NAM/GFS GUIDANCE. AXIS OF UNSEASONABLY MOIST AIR (1.5 PWATS FROM 12Z
ILK SOUNDING) NOW RESIDES OVER THE LOCAL AREA AND INCREASING UPPER
SUPPORT ALONG WITH STRONG FRONTAL CIRCULATION WILL SUPPORT HEFTY
RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE
PARTICULARLY SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS. WHILE LESSER STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS
NOW APPEAR LIKELY IN THE FAR NORTHWEST AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST...HAVE
OPTED TO KEEP FLOOD WATCH GOING FOR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA AS
SATURATED SOILS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXACERBATE FLOOD
CONCERNS TONIGHT.
STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION TO AFFECT THE AREA TOMORROW WITH
TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO WELL BELOW SEASONABLE NORMALS FROM MID 40S
TO LOWER 50S. UNSETTLED PATTERN TO CONTINUE TOMORROW WITH UPPER LOW
CENTER MOVING ACROSS GREAT LAKES AND STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES
SUPPORTING AT LEAST SCT SHRA. HAVE MAINTAINED CHANCE RAIN/SNOW
SHOWERS FAR NORTHWEST WHERE MAGNITUDE OF COLD AIR ALOFT MAY
SUPPORT SOME SNOW SHOWERS.
&&
.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 439 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY...A POST FRONTAL TROF WITH UPPER
LEVEL SUPPORT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. KEPT A CHANCE
FOR LIGHT SNOW AS 850 MB TEMPS FALL FROM -5C TO AROUND -9C GIVEN
LIMITED ISENTROPIC LIFT AND LIMITED MOISTURE. THE REST OF THE
WEEKEND WILL BE DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE AREA. CUT LOWS A
COUPLE OF DEGREES SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE SFC HIGH MOVES OVER THE
AREA. A SHALLOW BUT SHARP RADIATION INVERSION SHOULD ALLOW LOWS TO
DROP TO AROUND 30 MOST AREAS...WITH UPPER 20S NORTHEAST WHERE RETURN
FLOW WILL BE LAST TO SET UP. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RECOVER ON THE BACK
SIDE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE AREA SUNDAY AS RETURN FLOW CONTINUES.
FAVORED THE ECMWF WHICH WAS SHOWING A CONSISTENTLY SLOWER SOLUTION
WITH THE SOUTHWEST DOME OF THE COLDER AIR STILL OVER THE AREA SUNDAY
MORNING. OTHERWISE...ANOTHER IN THE SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
WILL DROP SOUTHEAST OUT OF CANADA AS THE LONG WAVE TROF DEEPENS OVER
THE AREA. KEPT A CHANCE FOR THUNDER TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. STILL
SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE TIMING AND TRACK OF THE SFC LOW AND THE
LOCATION OF THE WARM SECTOR. HIGHS WEDNESDAY COULD BE MUCH WARMER IF
A SLOWER SOLUTION VERIFIES.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 629 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK WILL CONTINUE TO NOSE INTO THE MID
MS RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING PROVIDING INCREASING LARGE UPPER
DIVERGENCE TO SUPPORT RAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT AT THE
TERMINALS. DID MAINTAIN TEMPO TSRA MENTION AT KFWA THROUGH 02Z
WHERE SOME MARGINAL ELEVATED INSTABILITY REMAINS. CANNOT DISCOUNT
ISOLD THUNDER EVEN AT KSBN EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT POTENTIAL MAY
BE TOO LOW FOR INCLUSION WITH THE 00Z TAFS. GENERALLY EXPECTING
MVFR CONDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD...ALTHOUGH BRIEF IFR CONDS
IN HEAVIER DOWNPOURS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE
EVENING AT KSBN...AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AT KFWA. NO MAJOR
CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS TAFS IN REGARDS TO TIMING WIND SHIFT WITH
COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT. PRESSURE RISE PUSH ASSOCIATED
WITH FROPA MAY YIELD A VERY BRIEF PERIOD OF HIGHER END
WEST/SOUTHWEST GUSTS INTO THE 30 TO 35 KNOT RANGE...BUT GENERALLY
EXPECTING POST FRONTAL GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS OVERNIGHT. WINDS TO
RAMP UP SIGNIFICANTLY AGAIN BY MID TO LATE MORNING FRIDAY AS COLD
AIR ADVECTION ALLOWS FOR DEEPENING MIXED LAYER AND GUSTS BACK TO
AROUND 35 KNOTS.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR INZ003>009-012>018-020-
022>027-032>034.
MI...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR MIZ077>081.
OH...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR OHZ001-002-004-005-015-
016-024-025.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR OHZ016-024-025.
LM...GALE WARNING UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR LMZ043-046.
&&
SHORT TERM...MARSILI
LONG TERM...SKIPPER
AVIATION...MARSILIHazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 8:16 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 816 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-200030- 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 816 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013 /716 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH POSSIBLE EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS WILL PERSIST. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT...AS ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF ANY FLOODING AND MEASURED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF TWO INCHES OR MORE ARE APPRECIATED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-200030- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 816 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY. && 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 18, 8:18 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
818 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0817 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 NNE BENTON HARBOR 42.13N 86.42W
04/18/2013 M2.06 INCH BERRIEN MI ASOS
STORM TOTAL SINCE 8PM EDT YESTERDAY
&&
KGLocal storm report, Apr 18, 11:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1101 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0946 PM FLOOD MARION 40.56N 85.66W
04/18/2013 GRANT IN EMERGENCY MNGR
SOME COUNTY ROADS IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER
&&Local storm report, Apr 18, 11:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1105 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1104 PM HEAVY RAIN BENTON HARBOR 42.12N 86.45W
04/18/2013 M2.90 INCH BERRIEN MI TRAINED SPOTTER
RAINFALL SINCE 10 PM WED.
&&Local storm report, Apr 18, 11:53 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1153 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1145 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 E WARSAW 41.24N 85.80W
04/18/2013 M2.43 INCH KOSCIUSKO IN NWS EMPLOYEE
STORM TOTAL SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING.
&&Local storm report, Apr 19, 12:14 AM EDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1214 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 PM FLOOD E ROLL 40.55N 85.39W
04/18/2013 BLACKFORD IN TRAINED SPOTTER
FLOODING 2 NORTH OF INTERSECTION OF HWY 3 AND SR 18
&&
KGLocal storm report, Apr 19, 12:18 AM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1218 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 AM HEAVY RAIN MEXICO 40.82N 86.12W
04/19/2013 M2.18 INCH MIAMI IN AMATEUR RADIO
24HR TOTAL RAINFALL ENDING AT MIDNIGHT
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 9:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Fulton, Grant and 8 more | 21 hr |
| Apr 18, 10:30 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Blackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells | 38 hr |
| Apr 18, 10:30 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 38 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 4 days |
| Apr 18, 11:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wabash | 3 days |
| Apr 18, 11:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Grant, Miami, Wabash | 26 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 13 days |
| Apr 18, 11:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Carroll, Pulaski, White | 11 days |
| Apr 18, 11:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 47 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 4 days |
| Apr 18, 11:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 71 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 10 days |
| Apr 19, 12:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Noble | 53 hr |
| Apr 19, 12:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 12 days |
| Apr 19, 2:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Carroll, White | 29 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 8 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:00 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:00 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Carroll, Cass, Huntington, Miami, Tippecanoe and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:00 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen | 14 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:00 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 48 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Williams | 8 days |
| Apr 18, 11:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Williams | 10 days |
| Apr 19, 4:02 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry | 66 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:22 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 16 hr |
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.