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River Flood Warning 136, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 15, 2015Carroll County, Tippecanoe County, White County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Jun 15, 2015, 11:08 PM EDT for Carroll County, Tippecanoe County, White County, Indiana. It took effect at Jun 16, 2015, 3:55 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 2015, 11:08 PM EDT (03:08 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 16, 2015, 3:55 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 23, 2015, 3:55 AM EDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

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 03:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The river

Written for the forecast point Tippecanoe River near Delphi (DLPI3). The gauge peaked at 13.06 ft at Jun 16, 2015, 9:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03333050, 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 Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 15, 10:29 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 10:29 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 4:54 PM EDT, 6 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
454 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-162100-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
454 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE.

HAZARDS: GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINS PRODUCING LOCALIZED
FLOODING...LIGHTNING...AND HAIL.

TIMING: STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE ANYTIME. STRONGEST STORMS
POSSIBLE MAINLY THROUGH THIS EVENING..

DISCUSSION: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN
THE WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

OUTLOOK: THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL EXIST TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. OTHERWISE
DAILY CHANCES FOR SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL PRODUCING
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH ANY
STORM. REPEATED BOUTS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL
FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS.

DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THE FRONT ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL UPPER WAVES
WILL INTERACT WITH A VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE
FOR PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. REMNANTS FROM A TROPICAL
SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO MAY WORK UP INTO THE OHIO VALLEY
LATE THIS WEEK...FURTHER INCREASING THE THREAT FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...PRIMARILY IN THE
AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 10:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1002 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015

INZ043-044-051-160230-
PARKE-VERMILLION-VIGO-
1002 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN PARKE...SOUTHERN
VERMILLION AND NORTHERN VIGO COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM EDT...

AT 1000 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VERMILION...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CLINTON...
  ROCKVILLE...
  BLANFORD...
  UNIVERSAL...
  SHEPARDSVILLE...
  NORTH TERRE HAUTE...
  FAIRVIEW PARK...
  ROSEDALE...
  MECCA...
  FONTANET...
  BRIDGETON...
  LENA...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3969 8754 3983 8715 3961 8702 3960 8705
      3961 8720 3956 8720 3946 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 248DEG 40KT 3956 8759

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 10:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Parke	28 min
Jun 15, 10:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Carroll	4 hr
Jun 16, 3:03 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe, White	4 days
Jun 16, 11:14 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox, Posey	43 days
Jun 16, 11:14 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	4 days
Jun 16, 11:14 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe, Owen	4 days
Jun 16, 11:14 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	5 days
Jun 16, 11:14 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	4 days
Jun 16, 11:14 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	20 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.