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River Flood Warning 88, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Dec 22, 2013, 4:57 AM EST for Allen County, DeKalb County, Indiana; Defiance County, Ohio. It took effect at Dec 22, 2013, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 22, 2013, 4:57 AM EST (09:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 22, 2013, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2013, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Defiance County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point St. Joseph River (OH/IN) near Newville (NVLI3). The gauge peaked at 11.55 ft at Dec 23, 2013, 11:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 17 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04178000, 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 Dec 22, 3:49 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 3:49 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 349 AM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 344 AM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM OHIO ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES TODAY. LIGHT RAIN... SNOW... AND SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA TODAY... WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. HIGHS TODAY WILL MOSTLY BE IN THE 30S BUT BRIEFLY HIT THE 50S OVER SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE AREA THIS MORNING BEFORE FALLING OFF LATER TODAY. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE 20S ACROSS THE AREA. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 344 AM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 DRIER AIR IN MID LEVELS HAS MOVED INTO OUR AREA THIS MORNING BUT STILL SUFFICIENT MOISTURE/LIFT IN LOW LEVELS FOR -RA TO REDEVELOP WITHIN THIS DRY SLOT. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED EAST SO HAVE CANCELED REMAINING PORTION OF FLOOD WATCH EARLY. AREAL FLOOD WARNINGS DUE TO RUNOFF OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 24HRS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THIS MORNING ACROSS SE 1/2 OF CWA. TEMPS CONT TO HOVER AROUND FREEZING OVER N-NW PORTION OF THE CWA AND SHOULD THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING... THUS WILL EXTEND THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR SRN MI UNTIL NOON AND ALSO ADD LAPORTE COUNTY WHERE TEMPS HAVE FALLEN TO FREEZING. CAA WITH MOIST CYCLONIC FLOW AS LOW DEPARTS WILL RESULT IN PRECIP CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS FROM NW-SE THIS AFTN/EVE. SMALL ACCUMS PSBL OVER NW WHERE SOME LAKE ENHANCEMENT WILL OCCUR. TEMPS SHOULDNT MOVE MUCH TODAY. THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS ACROSS THE FAR SE WHICH APPEARS HEADED BACK INTO THE WARM SECTOR AS THE LOW MOVES NE ACROSS NW OH. AN EARLY MORNING HIGH IN THE 50S IN THIS AREA WILL BE FOLLOWED BY FALLING TEMPS THE REST OF THE DAY. CLOUDS SHOULD TEMPER CAA TONIGHT WITH LOWS EXPECTED IN THE 20S. && .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 344 AM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION EARLY THIS WEEK IN THE WAKE OF THE EASTWARD PROGRESSING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE LONG TERM PERIOD WITH ONLY A SLIGHT REPRIEVE FROM THE COLD EXPECTED ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND THURSDAY. HIGHLY MERIDIONAL FLOW WILL BRING MULTIPLE CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW THROUGHOUT THE WEEK...HOWEVER NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. A LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL SWING INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION MONDAY PROVIDING A SMALL CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT LAKE EFFECT MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH EARLY TUESDAY AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BRIEFLY BUILDS IN. TEMPERATURES WILL SEE MINIMAL DIURNAL CHANGE MONDAY WITH HIGHS REMAINING IN THE MID 20S/LOW 30S. MONDAY NIGHT LOWS WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS. COLD AIR WILL REMAIN THROUGH TUESDAY WITH HIGHS NEAR 20 AND LOWS IN THE MID TEENS. RELATIVELY WARMER AIR WILL FILL IN AS THE RIDGE PROGRESSES EASTWARD WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH TEMPS WILL REMAIN A COUPLE DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE UPPER 20S NORTH TO THE LOW 30S SOUTH WEDS AND THURS. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL APPROACH THE REGION WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL KEEP ALIVE HOPE FOR A LIGHT CHRISTMAS SNOW MAINLY ACROSS OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP OFF ONCE AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPS CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 1224 AM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 MID LEVEL DRY SLOT RACING NE INTO INDIANA EARLY THIS MORNING WAS CAUSING WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN TO SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA. STILL SCT SHOWERS AND DRIZZLE UPSTREAM AS UVM CONTG OVER THE AREA. WITH MOIST LOW LEVELS AND CYCLONIC FLOW CONTG THROUGH THE PERIOD EXPECT IFR CIGS TO PERSIST OVERNIGHT GRDLY RISING TO MVFR DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. LIGHT RAIN/DRIZZLE SHOULD GRDLY TRANSITION TO -SN/-SHSN AT SBN AS COLDER AIR WRAPS IN AROUND THE LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE IN COMMA HEAD WORKS ITS WAY BACK INTO NW INDIANA. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR INZ003. MI...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR MIZ077>081. OH...NONE. LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM EST MONDAY FOR LMZ043-046. && SYNOPSIS...JT SHORT TERM...JT LONG TERM...KG AVIATION...JT VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX (ALL LOWER CASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.NORTHERNIN.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSIWX WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANA
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 4:07 PM EST, 12 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 407 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-222115- 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 407 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013 /307 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND RECENT SNOW MELT IS POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... HEAVIEST SOUTH OF ROUTE 24. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SOME FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT... MAY PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL BE APPRECIATED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-222115- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 407 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY 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, Dec 21, 10:58 PM EST, 5 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1058 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1015 PM HEAVY RAIN COLUMBUS GROVE 40.92N 84.06W
12/21/2013 M2.94 INCH PUTNAM OH PUBLIC
TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT.
&&
BENTLEYLocal storm report, Dec 21, 10:59 PM EST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1059 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 WSW AVILLA 41.35N 85.30W
12/21/2013 M1.70 INCH NOBLE IN COOP OBSERVER
COOP OBSERVER STATION AVILLA 3SW /AVII3/
HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
&&
NWS NORTHERN INDIANA
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Dec 21, 11:00 PM EST, 5 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1100 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1059 PM FLOOD PORTLAND 40.43N 84.98W
12/21/2013 JAY IN PUBLIC
SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODING IN PORTLAND
&&
BENTLEYLocal storm report, Dec 21, 11:42 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1142 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 PM HEAVY RAIN PORTLAND 40.43N 84.98W
12/21/2013 M4.38 INCH JAY IN EMERGENCY MNGR
RAINFALL TOTAL SO FAR FOR SATURDAY. STREETS CLOSED BY
HIGH WATER. CITY SAND-BAGGING OPERATIONS UNDERWAY.
&&
JTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 9:59 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | IWX | 13 hr | |
| Dec 21, 10:28 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 7 hr |
| Dec 22, 11:59 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Grant, Miami, Wabash | 46 hr |
| Dec 22, 11:59 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 5 days |
| Dec 22, 12:01 PM EST | River Flood Watch | IWX | Allen | 6 days |
| Dec 22, 4:03 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 42 hr | |
| Dec 21, 9:36 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Fulton, Henry | 24 hr |
| Dec 21, 10:28 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance | 4 days |
| Dec 21, 10:28 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Williams | 5 days |
| Dec 22, 4:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry | 3 days |
| Dec 22, 4:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Henry | 4 days |
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.