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River Flood Watch 13, NWS Northern Indiana

June 26, 20134 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood watch at Jun 26, 2013, 11:17 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jun 28, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 2013, 11:17 AM EDT (15:17 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 28, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 29, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Fulton County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tippecanoe River near Ora (ORAI3). The gauge peaked at 10.84 ft at Jun 29, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03331500, 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 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 river flood watch went out at Jun 26, 10:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 10:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 5:27 AM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
527 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-270930-
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
527 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 /427 AM CDT WED JUN 26 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... SOME MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND
QUARTER SIZE HAIL... MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH SOME FLOODING
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY... FRIDAY... AND
SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN THIS
PERIOD... HOWEVER ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN
INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... WEST OF ROUTE 31 THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
REPORTS OF ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WOULD ALSO BE APPRECIATED.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-270930-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
527 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

TNUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY. SOME STORMS
MAY BE SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS...MAINLY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY... FRIDAY...
AND SATURDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS...
MAINLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

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CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
847 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

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

0830 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 WNW LA PORTE          41.62N  86.76W
06/26/2013  M6.00 INCH       LA PORTE           IN   PUBLIC

            4.0 INCHES SINCE 5 AM. 6 INCHES SINCE TUE PM.

&&

BENTLEY

Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
850 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

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

0839 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 E CONSTANTINE         41.84N  85.63W
06/26/2013  M2.38 INCH       ST. JOSEPH         MI   PUBLIC

            RAINFALL TOTAL FOR THE PREVIOUS 24 HOURS

&&

MLR

Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
856 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

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

0708 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 N WOODBURN            41.15N  84.85W
06/26/2013  M2.10 INCH       ALLEN              IN   PUBLIC

            RAINFALL FROM LAST NIGHTS STORMS THROUGH 7 AM THIS
            MORNING

&&

MLR

Local storm report, Jun 26, 9:12 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
912 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

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

0907 AM     FLASH FLOOD      LA PORTE                41.61N  86.72W
06/26/2013                   LA PORTE           IN   PUBLIC

            STREETS POOLING WITH WATER ON NORTH STURDY RD BETWEEN
            EVANS AND LINCOLN ROADS

&&

MLR

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 10:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 10:57 AM EDT, 20 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Steuben	50 min
Jun 25, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Fulton	45 min
Jun 25, 8:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke	39 min
Jun 25, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, LaGrange	52 min
Jun 25, 9:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		90 min
Jun 25, 9:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Marshall, Saint Joseph	50 min
Jun 25, 9:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange, Steuben	54 min
Jun 25, 9:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble	42 min
Jun 25, 9:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	35 min
Jun 25, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley	42 min
Jun 25, 9:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, LaGrange	41 min
Jun 25, 10:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben	4 hr
Jun 25, 11:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Jay	23 min
Jun 26, 2:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben	9 hr
Jun 26, 5:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	37 min
Jun 26, 6:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaPorte	24 min
Jun 26, 6:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	LaPorte	3 hr
Jun 26, 7:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	LaPorte	6 hr
Jun 26, 9:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke	3 hr
Jun 26, 9:25 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more	10 hr
Jun 26, 9:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke	6 hr
Jun 26, 10:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, Whitley	3 hr
Jun 26, 10:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams, Allen, Wells, Whitley	39 min
Jun 26, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke	6 days
Jun 26, 1:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	LaPorte	6 hr
Jun 26, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Adams, Blackford, Jay, Wells	56 min
Jun 26, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Huntington	24 min
Jun 26, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Steuben	43 min
Jun 26, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	DeKalb	41 min
Jun 26, 7:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	LaPorte	9 hr
Jun 25, 11:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Paulding	27 min
Jun 26, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	37 min
Jun 26, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Wert	42 min
Jun 26, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton, Williams	61 min
Jun 25, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Saint Joseph	39 min
Jun 25, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Branch	49 min
Jun 25, 8:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Branch, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph	6 hr
Jun 25, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Hillsdale	46 min
Jun 25, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass	30 min
Jun 26, 2:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Branch, Saint Joseph	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Indiana, 2013 Every river 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.