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River Flood Warning 316, NWS Indianapolis, IN

December 26, 2015Jackson County, Lawrence County, Washington County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2015, 2:19 PM EST for Jackson County, Lawrence County, Washington County, Indiana. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 26, 2015, 2:19 PM EST (19:19 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2015, 10:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 6, 2016, 10:55 AM EST
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Jackson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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 Muscatatuck River at Wheeler Hollow (WHLI3).

Action stage: 14.5 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22.5 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

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 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 Dec 26, 2:00 PM EST, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 2:00 PM EST, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 5:08 AM EST, 9 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
508 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2015

INZ021-028>031-035>040-043-044-271015-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-
TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-VERMILLION-PARKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON
508 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: HEAVY RAIN. POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS.

HAZARDS: FLOODING. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN THUNDERSTORMS.

TIMING: MOSTLY THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.

DISCUSSION: A FRONT DEVELOPING OVER INDIANA WILL CAUSE ABUNDANT
PRECIPITATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

OUTLOOK: HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION: A STRONG FRONT OVER INDIANA WILL FINALLY MOVE AWAY
MONDAY NIGHT. AFTER THAT THERE SHOULD BE EITHER BE DRY WEATHER OR
ONLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION AS WELL AS COLDER TEMPERATURES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

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

INZ041-042-045>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-271015-
DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-
OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR
508 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK:HEAVY RAIN. POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS.

HAZARDS:FLOODING. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN THUNDERSTORMS.

TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ANY TIME STARTING THIS AFTERNOON.
THE GREATEST THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LATE TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION:A FRONT DEVELOPING OVER INDIANA WILL CAUSE ABUNDANT
PRECIPITATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

OUTLOOK: SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND HEAVY RAIN
POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY OR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION: A STRONG FRONT OVER INDIANA WILL FINALLY MOVE AWAY
MONDAY NIGHT. AFTER THAT THERE SHOULD BE EITHER BE DRY WEATHER OR
ONLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION AS WELL AS COLDER TEMPERATURES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 26, 10:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	4 days
Dec 26, 10:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion, Morgan	5 days
Dec 26, 10:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion, Morgan	5 days
Dec 26, 10:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen	6 days
Dec 26, 10:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen	6 days
Dec 26, 10:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	10 days
Dec 26, 10:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	11 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.