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Areal Flood Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana

February 21, 2014Cass County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this areal flood warning at Feb 21, 2014, 2:56 PM EST for Cass County, Indiana. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 2014, 2:56 PM EST (19:56 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2014, 3:00 AM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Cass County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Feb 21, 12:46 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 12:46 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 21, 3:56 AM EST, 11 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
356 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-LMZ043-046-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-
002-004-005-015-016-024-025-220900-
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-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
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
356 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 /256 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS
OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF INTO AREA RIVERS MAY LEAD TO A BREAK UP OF ICE
ON AREA RIVERS AND INCREASE THE RISK FOR ICE JAMS AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 7:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass, Fulton, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, Saint Joseph and 1 more31 min
Feb 20, 8:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford, Grant, Huntington, Wells43 min
Feb 20, 8:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart, Kosciusko, Noble26 min
Feb 20, 9:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Blackford, Grant, Jay, Wells47 min
Feb 21, 12:30 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXAdams, Allen45 hr
Feb 21, 3:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXHuntington, Wells7 days
Feb 21, 11:58 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb5 days
Feb 21, 11:58 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke6 days
Feb 21, 11:58 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXBlackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells71 hr
Feb 21, 11:58 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXAdams, Wells5 days
Feb 21, 11:58 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke4 days
Feb 21, 1:08 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningIWXHuntington12 hr
Feb 21, 4:06 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningIWXCass24 hr
Feb 21, 4:33 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXGrant, Miami, Wabash38 hr
Feb 20, 10:01 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen, Putnam, Van Wert44 min
Feb 21, 12:30 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXDefiance, Fulton, Williams8 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.