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River Flood Warning 106, NWS Northern Indiana

December 28, 2015LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Starke County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2015, 8:42 PM CST for LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Starke County, Indiana. It took effect at Dec 29, 2015, 4:30 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2015, 8:42 PM CST (02:42 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2015, 4:30 AM CST
Expired: Jan 2, 2016, 2:24 PM CST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties LaPorte County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kankakee River at Davis (DAVI3). The gauge peaked at 10.63 ft at Dec 30, 2015, 4:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05515500, 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 Dec 28, 8:10 PM CST, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 8:10 PM CST, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 8:21 PM CST, 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
921 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015

INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-300230-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE
921 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015 /821 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SLICK SPOTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS THROUGH THE LATE
EVENING BUT TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S
TO HELP MELTING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-
024-025-300230-
NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-
BLACKFORD-JAY-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...
BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...
ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
921 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015 /821 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015/
918 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015 /818 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015/HWEST OHIO
AND NORTHERN INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-300230-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
921 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ON TUESDAY.

&&

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 28, 4:30 PM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 28, 6:51 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 28, 6:54 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 28, 7:37 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
837 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015

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

0820 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 NE WELLS              40.75N 86.09W
12/28/2015                   MIAMI              IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTS OF LIMBS AND TREES DOWN AROUND THE
            COUNTY. MOST HAVE ALREADY BEEN CLEARED UP.
            SOME POWER OUTAGES ALSO OCCURRED. STORM
            TOTAL PRECIPITATION TODAY WAS 1.38 INCHES.

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MCD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 28, 9:10 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	IWX		19 hr
Dec 28, 9:22 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley	47 hr
Dec 28, 10:11 PM CST	River Flood Watch	IWX	Carroll, White	24 hr
Dec 29, 1:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen	48 hr
Dec 29, 1:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen	43 hr
Dec 29, 4:32 AM CST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Carroll, White	30 hr
Dec 29, 5:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Miami, Wabash	34 hr
Dec 29, 9:06 AM CST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke	5 days
Dec 29, 9:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Grant, Miami, Wabash	32 hr
Dec 28, 8:42 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Putnam	3 days
Dec 28, 8:42 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Henry	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.