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River Flood Warning 329, NWS Indianapolis, IN

December 28, 2015Johnson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2015, 2:59 AM EST for Johnson County, Indiana. It was in force for 68 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2015, 2:59 AM EST (07:59 UTC)
Expired
Dec 30, 2015, 10:40 PM EST
In force
68 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Johnson County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 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 Sugar Creek (central) near Edinburgh (EDNI3). The gauge peaked at 12.95 ft at Dec 29, 2015, 7:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03362500, 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 28, 2:45 AM EST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 2:45 AM EST, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 4:34 PM EST, 10 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
434 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

INZ021-030-031-282145-
CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO
434 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: HEAVY RAIN. CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS. SLIGHT CHANCE FREEZING
RAIN.

HAZARDS: FLOODING. LIGHTNING. SLIPPERY ROADS.

TIMING: HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY LATE TONIGHT.
FREEZING RAIN VERY LATE TONIGHT IF AT ALL. FLOODING FROM PREVIOUS
RAINS WILL CONTINUE.

DISCUSSION: A FRONT NEAR INDIANA WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE WET
WEATHER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

OUTLOOK: SLIGHT CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING. WINDY
WITH A THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO MONDAY NIGHT.
SMALL CHANCE FOR NON ACCUMULATING SNOW WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG SOME AREA RIVERS.

DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE ACTIVE WEATHER
MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRIER BUT COLDER WEATHER STARTING
MONDAY NIGHT.

.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)

INZ028-029-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-282145-
WARREN-TIPPECANOE-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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...
MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...
COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR
434 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: HEAVY RAIN. CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS.

HAZARDS: FLOODING. LIGHTNING.

TIMING: HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE TODAY AND LATE TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE A
LULL EARLY TONIGHT.  THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION: A FRONT NEAR INDIANA WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE WET
WEATHER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

OUTLOOK: WINDY WITH A THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO
MONDAY NIGHT. SMALL CHANCE FOR NON ACCUMULATING SNOW WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG SOME AREAS RIVERS.

DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE ACTIVE WEATHER
MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRIER BUT COLDER WEATHER STARTING
MONDAY NIGHT.

.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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 28, 2:22 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Madison56 hr
Dec 28, 10:01 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDOwen49 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2015Every 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.