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River Flood Warning 55, NWS Northern Indiana

April 19, 2013Defiance County, Henry County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 19, 2013, 4:02 PM EDT for Defiance County, Henry County, Ohio. It took effect at Apr 19, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 62 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2013, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 19, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 22, 2013, 10:19 AM EDT
In force: 62 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Defiance County, OH, Henry County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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 Maumee River near Defiance (DEFO1).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 19, 3:49 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 3:49 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 5:19 AM EDT, 10 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
519 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-200930-
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
519 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013 /419 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

IT WILL BE WINDY ACROSS THE AREA TODAY... ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN
MICHIGAN WHERE A WIND ADVISORY FOR GUSTS TO 45 MPH IS IN EFFECT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

FLOODING ON SOME RIVERS IN THE AREA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD.

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

LMZ043-046-200930-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
519 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

&&

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 19, 10:32 AM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1032 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

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

0950 AM     HEAVY RAIN       ANGOLA                  41.63N  85.00W
04/19/2013  M3.25 INCH       STEUBEN            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL. SOME ROADWAYS FLOODED

&&

CEO

Local storm report, Apr 19, 10:43 AM EDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1043 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

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

1041 AM     FLOOD            COLLAMER                41.08N  85.67W
04/19/2013                   WHITLEY            IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER ESTIMATED AT 2 FT OVER TOP OF COLLAMER DAM.
            EVERYTHING CLOSED SURROUNDING DAM.

1042 AM     FLOOD            1 E SOUTH WHITLEY       41.08N  85.61W
04/19/2013                   WHITLEY            IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER UP TO BOTTOM OF BRIDGE ON POLK ST OVER EEL RIVER

&&

CEO

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	Allen	7 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, 4:22 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	IWX	Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph	16 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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.