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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Northern Indiana

April 3, 2014Allen County, DeKalb County, Indiana; Defiance County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 3, 2014, 4:32 PM EDT for Allen County, DeKalb County, Indiana; Defiance County, Ohio. It took effect at Apr 4, 2014, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2014, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 4, 2014, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 10, 2014, 10:13 AM EDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

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 20:35 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 13.60 ft at Apr 6, 2014, 2:00 AM EDT.

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 Apr 3, 3:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 3:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
304 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 446 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TODAY TO THE GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED
TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN OUR AREA. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS LOW WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY... FOLLOWED BY
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
MIDWEST OVER THE WEEKEND PROVIDING COOL AND DRY WEATHER.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 304 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014

IMPRESSIVE MCV RESPONSIBLE FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL THIS
MORNING FINALLY SHOWING SIGNS OF DECAY AS TRAILING OUTFLW BNDRY ACRS
SW OH/NRN KY PINCHES OFF LL THETA-E RIDGE. TRAILING SUBSIDENT
DRYSLOT OVR NE IL/WRN IN WILL CONT TO PROGRESS EWD THIS AFTN W/RAIN
ENDING CWA WIDE.

FCST ATTN GOING FWD HINGES ON UPSTREAM CONV RESPONSE TO EJECTING STG
SW DISTURBANCE OUT OF SRN CO THIS AFTN. SFC CYCLOGENESIS WELL
UNDERWAY W/SFC WAVE ANALYZED OVR SE KS. THIS SYS XPCD TO DEEPEN
CONSIDERABLY OVERNIGHT AS IT LIFTS INTO SRN WI BY DAYBREAK FRI. SWD
POSITIONED WARM SECTOR QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE W/ADDNL CONVN
BREAKING OUT ACRS SWRN-ERN MO AND XPC THIS WILL ROLL EWD INVOF SRN
IN/NRN KY NR TERM W/DRY CONDS XPCD TO PERSIST THROUGH LT EVENING.
AFT THAT...SIG LL THETA-E RIDING XPCD TO REDVLP NWD INTO THE SRN
LAKES DOWNSTREAM OF EJECTING SHARP WRN TROUGH. CONSENSUS SIGNALS
WOULD POINT TO BULK OF ADDNL RAINFALL LT TONIGHT/FRI AM TO PASSING
WELL SOUTH OF CWA SIMILAR TO WHAT 12Z GUIDANCE SHOWED YDA. HWVR PER
LATEST RUC/HRRR SIGNALS VRY CONCERNED ADDNL SIG RAIN MAY AGAIN DVLP
ALG/SE OF A MONTICELLO-TOLEDO LINE...WHICH WOULD OBVIOUSLY LEAD TO
SIG ADDNL FLOODING. CONFIDENCE THOUGH IS BORDERLINE AND DEPENDANT ON
HOW UPSTREAM CONVN ACRS MO DVLPS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

OTRWS SHARP CDFNT WILL BLAST EWD ACRS THE AREA FRI MORNING BUT NOT
UNTIL SFC WARM SECTOR MAKES A RUN FOR AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 6.
LIKED PRIOR MAX TEMPS AND HELD CLOSE. WIDESPREAD SHRA ALG THE FNT
WILL DRIVE QUICKLY EWD FOLLOWED BY INTENSE LL CAA AND STRONG MIXING
IN THE DRY SLOT. 95H WINDS AS A PROXY WOULD SUGGEST SFC GUSTS TO
40KTS LIKELY EARLY-MID AFTN AND PD OF SUSTAINED GRADIENT WINDS NR
ADVISORY THRESHOLD OF 30KTS. WILL DEFER ANY WIND ADVISORY NEED TO
OVERNIGHT SHIFT.

&&

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 304 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014

HEIGHT RISES/SUBSIDENCE IN WAKE OF FRIDAY'S ROBUST SHORTWAVE WILL
LEAD TO A DRY WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE TRANSLATES EAST THROUGH THE
REGION. NEXT SHORTWAVE TROUGH IN PROGRESSIVE (YET AMPLIFIED) FLOW
PATTERN MODELED TO TAKE A MORE SOUTHERLY ROUTE...EJECTING NORTHEAST
OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND TAKING ON A NEGATIVE TILT (LIKELY
CLOSING OFF A 500 MB) INTO THE OH VALLEY/LOWER GREAT LAKES MONDAY
INTO MONDAY EVENING. EXCELLENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND
STRONG HEIGHT FALLS/LEFT EXIT REGION DYNAMICS SHOULD SUPPORT
RESPECTABLE CYCLOGENESIS WITH A MODEL CONSENSUS TRACK NORTHEAST
THROUGH WESTERN KY-SOUTHEAST IN-OH. WIDESPREAD RAIN IN BURGEONING
FGEN/DEFORMATION AXIS (0.50" TO 1.00") AND GUSTY WINDS SHOULD
ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM WITH PRIMARY UNCERTAINTIES AT THIS FCST
RANGE TIMING AND STRENGTH. VERY LOW PROBABILITY THAT DYNAMIC
COOLING AND LATE PHASING WITH NORTHERN STREAM WILL BE ENOUGH TO
CHANGE RAIN OVER TO SNOW MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING. BELOW NORMAL
TEMPS AND MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY AS MONDAY'S WAVE HELPS CARVE OUT AN EASTERN CONUS
LONGWAVE UPPER TROUGH. CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW DIURNALLY DRIVEN
SHOWERS ON TUESDAY AS LAPSE RATES STEEPEN UNDER MID LVL TROUGH
AXIS AND ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE ENERGY SWINGS THROUGH ON BACKSIDE OF
TROUGH.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 611 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

WIDESPREAD SHRA AND SCT TSRA MOVG ACROSS NRN INDIANA THIS MORNING.
BULK OF TSRA SHOULD REMAIN JUST S-SW OF THE TERMINALS SO HAVE JUST
INCLUDED VCTS IN THE TAFS FOR THIS MORNING. FLIGHT CONDITIONS HAD
LOWERED TO MVFR AT BOTH TERMINALS AND EXPECT GRADUAL LOWERING
TREND TO CONT AS WARM FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTH WITH
IFR CONDITIONS PREDOMINANT BY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF
WIDESPREAD SHRA AND SCT TSRA IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AS A CDFNT SWEEPS
EAST INTO INDIANA.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR INZ005>009-013-015>018-
     020-022>027-032>034.

MI...NONE.
OH...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR OHZ001-002-004-005-015-
     016-024-025.

LM...GALE WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR
     LMZ043-046.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LMZ043-046.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JT
SHORT TERM...T
LONG TERM...STEINWEDEL
AVIATION...JT

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 4:07 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
407 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-042015-
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 EDT THU APR 3 2014 /307 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE NOT EXPECTED.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM TODAY'S HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CREATE
LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS...LOW LYING AREAS...SMALL
STREAMS...AND RIVERS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 24 IN
INDIANA AND OHIO INTO TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL LATER
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING MAY FURTHER EXACERBATE FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY MORNING. THE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS...LOW
LYING AREAS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY.

VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
FRIDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-042015-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
407 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY
EVENING. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL LIKELY INTO
SATURDAY.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 2:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
227 PM EDT THU APR 03 2014

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

0220 PM     FLOOD            S ELKHART               41.68N  85.98W
04/03/2014                   ELKHART            IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            WATER OVER ROAD ON CR 29 ONE MILE NORTH OF US 6 IN
            ELKHART COUNTY

&&

KG

Local storm report, Apr 3, 3:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
302 PM EDT THU APR 03 2014

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

0301 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 NW LEO                41.22N  85.06W
04/03/2014  M2.16 INCH       ALLEN              IN   COCORAHS

            1.84 IN THE PAST 6 HOURS

&&

KG

Local storm report, Apr 3, 3:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
304 PM EDT THU APR 03 2014

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

0303 PM     HEAVY RAIN       VAN WERT                40.87N  84.58W
04/03/2014  M2.06 INCH       VAN WERT           OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

KG

Local storm report, Apr 3, 3:51 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
351 PM EDT THU APR 03 2014

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

0300 PM     HEAVY RAIN       9 SW FORT WAYNE         40.99N  85.26W
04/03/2014  M2.40 INCH       ALLEN              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KG

Local storm report, Apr 3, 4:05 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
405 PM EDT THU APR 03 2014

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

0345 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 W LIMA                40.75N  84.13W
04/03/2014  M1.80 INCH       ALLEN              OH   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

CEO

Local storm report, Apr 3, 4:17 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
417 PM EDT THU APR 03 2014

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

0410 PM     HEAVY RAIN       COLUMBIA CITY           41.16N  85.49W
04/03/2014  M1.80 INCH       WHITLEY            IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

CEO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 1:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Grant	36 min
Apr 3, 4:40 AM EDT	Gale Watch	IWX		11 hr
Apr 3, 12:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Jay, Wells	3 hr
Apr 3, 12:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash, Wells	6 hr
Apr 3, 1:49 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen	6 days
Apr 3, 1:49 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Blackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells	4 days
Apr 3, 1:49 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke	5 days
Apr 3, 2:34 PM EDT	Flood Watch	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 13 more	16 hr
Apr 3, 3:18 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, Huntington, Wabash	31 hr
Apr 3, 3:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Grant, Huntington and 4 more	12 hr
Apr 3, 3:52 PM EDT	Gale Warning	IWX		30 hr
Apr 3, 4:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Adams, Wells	5 days
Apr 3, 4:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Huntington, Wells	4 days
Apr 3, 4:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Miami, Wabash	71 hr
Apr 3, 4:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley	4 days
Apr 3, 4:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Grant, Miami, Wabash	70 hr
Apr 3, 4:32 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen	3 days
Apr 3, 4:32 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen	5 days
Apr 3, 4:32 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen	37 hr
Apr 3, 4:32 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Noble	12 days
Apr 3, 4:41 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Noble	4 days
Apr 3, 4:41 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Saint Joseph	7 days
Apr 3, 12:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert	6 hr
Apr 3, 1:49 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Williams	8 days
Apr 3, 4:32 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, Paulding, Putnam	4 days
Apr 3, 4:32 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance	4 days
Apr 3, 4:32 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Henry	4 days
Apr 3, 4:32 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Henry	5 days
Apr 3, 4:32 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Williams	5 days
Apr 3, 4:32 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Putnam	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.