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River Flood Warning 116, NWS Northern Indiana

December 30, 2015Allen County, DeKalb County, Indiana; Defiance County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Dec 30, 2015, 11:05 AM EST for Allen County, DeKalb County, Indiana; Defiance County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 30, 2015, 11:05 AM EST (16:05 UTC)
Expired: Jan 1, 2016, 1:00 AM EST
In force: 38 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

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 16:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 St. Joseph River (OH/IN) near Newville (NVLI3). The gauge peaked at 12.01 ft at Dec 30, 2015, 1:00 PM EST.

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 Dec 29, 6:19 PM EST, 16 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 6:19 PM EST, 16 hours 46 minutes before

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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.