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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 11, 2014Carroll County, Tippecanoe County, White County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood watch at Sep 11, 2014, 7:47 AM EDT for Carroll County, Tippecanoe County, White County, Indiana. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Sep 11, 2014, 7:47 AM EDT (11:47 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 2014, 7:47 AM EDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Carroll County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tippecanoe River at Oakdale Dam (MCXI3).

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 watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at Sep 11, 5:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 5:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 4:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 11, 3:57 AM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 11, 6:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
622 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2014

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

0636 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LIZTON                  39.89N  86.54W
09/10/2014                   HENDRICKS          IN   STORM CHASER

            TREES DOWN ONTO STREET...CORN FIELD DAMAGE...TIME
            ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR...REPORT RELAYED FROM AMATEUR
            RADIO OPERATOR

0800 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 NNE MCCORDSVILLE      39.93N  85.92W
09/10/2014  E50 MPH          HANCOCK            IN   PUBLIC

            SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN...LESS THAN 2 INCHES
            DIAMETER...LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED

0805 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NE INDIANAPOLIS       39.80N  86.12W
09/10/2014                   MARION             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FLOODING AT KEYSTONE AVE. AND KESSLER BLVD.

0833 PM     HEAVY RAIN       FISHERS                 39.95N  86.02W
09/10/2014  M1.22 INCH       HAMILTON           IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

0839 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 E BROWNSBURG          39.84N  86.32W
09/10/2014                   MARION             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            100-FOOT SECTION OF INTERSTATE 74 HAS WATER 2 FEET DEEP
            NEAR MILE MARKER 72 OR 73

0840 PM     HEAVY RAIN       INDIANAPOLIS            39.78N  86.15W
09/10/2014  M1.84 INCH       MARION             IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            THE ORCHARD SCHOOL AT W 64TH STREET.

0840 PM     HEAVY RAIN       INDIANAPOLIS            39.78N  86.15W
09/10/2014  M1.96 INCH       MARION             IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            46TH STREET AND ILLINOIS

0924 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FARMLAND                40.19N  85.13W
09/10/2014                   RANDOLPH           IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WIND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AND TREES...UTILITY LINES
            DOWN...REPORT RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA

0955 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARTINSVILLE            39.42N  86.42W
09/10/2014                   MORGAN             IN   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL POWER POLES SNAPPED... POWER LINES DOWN ALONG
            THE STATE ROUTE 39 BYPASS IN MARTINSVILLE. NUMEROUS
            TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROADS BETWEEN PARAGON AND
            MARTINSVILLE.

1000 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 SE ODON               38.81N  86.95W
09/10/2014  M60 MPH          DAVIESS            IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MEASURED WITH AMATUER EQUIPMENT

1221 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 S CASTLETON           39.88N  86.05W
09/11/2014  M3.04 INCH       MARION             IN   CO-OP OBSERVER

            STORM TOTAL RAINFALL. 1.98 INCHES FELL IN ONE HOUR
            BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM EDT.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 10, 8:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Marion	4 hr
Sep 10, 9:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Sullivan	46 min
Sep 10, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	45 min
Sep 10, 9:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan	32 min
Sep 10, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Monroe	49 min
Sep 10, 10:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Morgan	37 min
Sep 10, 10:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Putnam	5 hr
Sep 10, 10:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	30 min
Sep 10, 11:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Marion	7 hr
Sep 11, 11:39 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe, White	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Indiana, 2014 Every river flood watch in 2014

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.