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River Flood Warning 97, NWS Northern Indiana

July 19, 20155 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Jul 19, 2015, 11:09 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jul 20, 2015, 9:30 AM EDT. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 19, 2015, 11:09 PM EDT (03:09 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 20, 2015, 9:30 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 22, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 41 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Blackford County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 68 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 Salamonie River near Warren (WRNI3). The gauge peaked at 11.61 ft at Jul 21, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03324300, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

391 
WGUS43 KIWX 200310
FLWIWX
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 
1109 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

...The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a 
flood warning for the following rivers...

  Salamonie River below Warren affecting Blackford...Huntington...
  Jay...Wabash and Wells Counties
  Saint Marys River near Decatur affecting Adams...Allen and Van Wert 
  Counties


.Recent heavy rainfall will cause the rivers to rise into flood.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Safety message...Never drive vehicles through flooded areas. the 
water may be too deep to allow safe passage. Never allow children to 
play in or near flood waters. Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio or 
local media for further statements and updated forecasts.

Detailed river forecasts and more information can be found on the 
internet at www.weather.gov/iwx under Hydrology...  Rivers and Lakes.


All times are in Eastern Time. This statement will be updated in 
about 24 hours or sooner if necessary.

&&

INC009-069-075-169-179-210309-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FL.W.0097.150720T1330Z-150722T0600Z/
/WRNI3.1.ER.150720T1330Z.150720T1800Z.150721T0600Z.NO/
1109 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a 

* Flood Warning for 
  The Salamonie River below Warren
* from Monday morning to late Tuesday night.
* At 11 PM Sunday the stage was 11.3 feet and rising.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
* Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage Monday morning  
  and crest near 12.3 feet around  2 PM Monday July 20 and fall below
  flood stage around  2 AM Tuesday July 21.
* At 12.0 feet...The river reaches flood stage with minor flooding of
  low agricultural land and roads nearest the river. 
* This crest compares to a previous crest of 12.5 feet which occurred 
  on Jun 14 2015.

&&

LAT...LON 4080 8570 4082 8562 4069 8541 4067 8544
      4075 8565                       

$$

INC001-003-OHC161-210309-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FL.W.0098.150720T1200Z-150722T0959Z/
/DCRI3.1.ER.150720T1200Z.150721T0000Z.150721T0959Z.NO/
1109 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a 

* Flood Warning for 
  The Saint Marys River near Decatur
* from Monday morning to late Tuesday night.
* At 10 PM Sunday the stage was 0.0 feet and steady.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
* Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage Monday morning  
  and crest near 17.4 feet around  8 PM Monday July 20 and fall below
  flood stage around  5 AM Tuesday July 21.
* At 17.5 feet...County road 225 north of Pleasant Mills is flooded. 
  Agricultural land flooding increases in northern...central and 
  eastern Adams County.
* This crest compares to a previous crest of 17.3 feet which occurred 
  on Mar 14 2010.

&&

LAT...LON 4093 8506 4094 8504 4084 8491 4082 8494


$$

1 follow-up statement

617 
WGUS83 KIWX 201516
FLSIWX
 
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 
1116 AM EDT MON JUL 20 2015

...The flood warning is cancelled for the following rivers...
 
  Salamonie River below Warren affecting Blackford...Huntington...
  Jay...Wabash and Wells Counties
  Maumee River near Defiance affecting Defiance and Henry Counties
  Saint Marys River at Muldoon Bridge affecting Allen County
 
This will be the last statement for this high water event.

INC003-201546-
/O.CAN.KIWX.FL.W.0096.000000T0000Z-150721T1240Z/
/SASI3.1.ER.150719T1407Z.150720T0030Z.150720T1152Z.NO/
1116 AM EDT MON JUL 20 2015

The Flood Warning is cancelled for
  The Saint Marys River at Muldoon Bridge
* At 10 AM Monday the stage was 13.9 feet
* Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
* The river fell below flood stage Monday morning.
* Forecast...The river will fall to near 13.2 feet around  2 PM 
  Monday July 20.

&&

LAT...LON 4104 8518 4109 8516 4109 8512 4104 8514
      4094 8504 4093 8506             

$$

INC009-069-075-169-179-201546-
/O.CAN.KIWX.FL.W.0097.000000T0000Z-150722T0600Z/
/WRNI3.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1116 AM EDT MON JUL 20 2015

The Flood Warning is cancelled for
  The Salamonie River below Warren
* At 11 AM Monday the stage was 11.5 feet
* Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
* Forecast...The river crested below flood stage at 11.6 feet very 
  early Monday morning. The river will continue falling.


&&

LAT...LON 4080 8570 4082 8562 4069 8541 4067 8544
      4075 8565                       

$$

OHC039-069-201546-
/O.CAN.KIWX.FL.W.0093.000000T0000Z-150722T0000Z/
/DEFO1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1116 AM EDT MON JUL 20 2015

The Flood Warning is cancelled for
  The Maumee River near Defiance
* At 11 AM Monday the stage was 9.2 feet
* Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
* Forecast...The river crested below flood stage at 9.4 feet Monday 
  morning. The river will continue falling.


&&

LAT...LON 4121 8465 4127 8467 4131 8431 4128 8431


$$

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 Jul 19, 7:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 7:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
706 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 626 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION REACHING THE
OHIO RIVER VALLEY BY SUNRISE TOMORROW. A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL STAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS IT PUSHES
SOUTHWARD TONIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT SKIES WILL BE CLEARING UP.
LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 60S IN SOUTHERN
MICHIGAN TO THE LOWER 70S NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BE OVER THE AREA MONDAY AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE
NORTHWEST. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER
80S IN SOUTHERN MICHIGAN TO THE MIDDLE 80S ALONG THE OHIO RIVER.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 343 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY PUSHING SE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA AS
OF 1930Z. SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE FRONT
FROM FORT WAYNE EASTWARD TO FINDLAY...WHERE SBCAPES HAVE REACHED
3000 TO 4000 J/KG. SHEAR IS WEAK WITH 500MB SPEED MAX WELL NORTH
OF THE AREA. FRONTAL FORCING IS WEAK AS WELL...WITH BETTER VEERING
WINDS AND LOWER TEMPS/DEWPOINTS WELL TO THE NORTHWEST. W/ MARGINAL
LAPSE RATES AND WEAK FORCING/SHEAR...EXPECT SEVERE THREAT TO BE
FAIRLY MINIMAL THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING.
ASIDE FROM A LOW DAMAGING WIND THREAT...HEAVY RAINFALL IS THE
PRIMARY THREAT GOING FORWARD...W/ PWATS MAXING OUT NEAR 2.00
INCHES SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY.

AS FAR AS POPS GO...KEPT THEM IN THE CHANCE RANGE THROUGH 00Z...WITH
A GRADUAL DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND THE FRONT CONTINUES TO
PUSH THROUGH THE AREA. THERE MAY BE AN UPTICK IN COVERAGE BETWEEN
21Z AND 00Z AS FRONTAL FORCING BECOMES A BIT STRONGER...HOWEVER HI
RES GUIDANCE...PARTICULARLY RECENT HRRR RUNS...HAVE SUGGESTED
MINIMAL ADDITIONAL COVERAGE THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD. TAPERED OFF TO
DRY CONDITIONS AFTER 06Z...WITH CLEARING SKIES WORKING SOUTH THROUGH
THE FORECAST AREA AS WELL. LOWS SHOULD RANGE FROM THE LOW TO MID 60S
ACROSS THE AREA.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION LATE
OVERNIGHT THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY...AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERS
JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA. CLOUD COVER WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST
THROUGH THE DAY AS A SHORTWAVE TRACKS EAST FROM KANSAS TOWARDS THE
OHIO VALLEY...AND ANOTHER COLD FRONT DROPS TOWARD THE AREA FROM THE
NORTHWEST. THIS MAY SPARK AN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM...MAINLY ACROSS
THE WEST/SOUTHWEST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA...AS VERY WEAK
DESTABILIZATION OCCURS...MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF THE FORECAST AREA.
CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT ANY PRECIP COVERAGE BEFORE 00Z...HOWEVER FOR
COLLABORATION SAKE...ADDED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WEST/SOUTHWEST AFTER
21Z. HIGH TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. WENT SLIGHTLY
COOLER THAN PREVIOUS FCST GIVEN EXPECTED CLOUD COVER AHEAD OF
UPSTREAM SYSTEMS.

&&

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 343 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

DIFFUSE CDFNT MOVG THROUGH OUR AREA TODAY WILL STALL OUT OVER THE
OH VALLEY/MID MS VALLEY TONIGHT WITH REMNANT BOUNDARY AND
ASSOCIATED MOISTURE POOL LIFTING BACK N-NE MONDAY AS SHRTWV AND
ASSOCIATED CDFNT OVER SASK MOVES SE INTO THE UPR GRTLKS AND SECOND
VORT MAX OVER WY GETS INGESTED INTO THE WRLYS AND MOVES TO THE
MID MS VALLEY. COMBINATION OF THESE TWO FORCING MECHANISMS AND
RETURN MOISTURE/DESTABILIZATION MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE SCT
TSTMS IN OUR AREA MONDAY NIGHT... CONTINUED WITH HIGHEST POPS
ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA CLOSER TO THE TRACK OF THE SRN
STREAM VORT MAX. THE NRN STREAM SHRTWV MOVG THROUGH THE UPR GRTLKS
WILL RESULT IN STRENGTHENING OF THE ONTARIO UPR LOW AND
AMPLIFICATION OF THE FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS/CANADA.
THIS WILL ALLOW A RATHER STRONG SFC HIGH TO DRIFT SLOWLY SE-E FROM
THE NRN PLAINS ACROSS THE GRTLKS PROVIDING FAIR WX ACROSS OUR AREA
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK-WEEK. BY THE WEEKEND... SFC HIGH
SHOULD MOVE TO THE ERN CONUS WITH MOISTURE/INSTABILITY/WAA
RETURNING TO OUR AREA AND COMBINING WITH WK SHRTWV'S MOVG OVER THE
TOP OF THE SRN PLAINS/ROCKIES UPR HIGH BRINGING A CHC OF TSTMS
BACK TO OUR AREA. THE NW FLOW ALOFT SHOULD KEEP TEMPS BLO NORMAL
THROUGH THE WORKWEEK...PSBLY RISING BACK ABOVE NORMAL NEXT
WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 703 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

VFR CONDS XPCD THROUGH THE PD AS WK SFC RIDGE MOVES TRAVERSES THE
AREA THIS PD.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&

SYNOPSIS...LOTHAMER
SHORT TERM...NG
LONG TERM...JT
AVIATION...T

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:01 PM EDT, 7 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
401 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

INZ018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ015-016-024-025-200900-
ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-
BLACKFORD-JAY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...
LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...
BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...
MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...
VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
401 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND
NORTHERN INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AN ISOLATED STORM IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING
SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 24 CORRIDOR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT. THE STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO
POSSIBLE WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. THERE IS A CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. THE STORMS SATURDAY ARE NOT EXPECTED
TO BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

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

INZ003>009-012>017-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-200900-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-
PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...
WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...
MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON
401 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

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

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

.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

LMZ043-046-200900-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
401 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 KNOTS.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:18 PM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
618 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

INZ034-192245-
JAY-
618 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN JAY COUNTY...

AT 618 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR PORTLAND...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PORTLAND AROUND 625 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE BRICE...LIBER...
SALAMONIA...POWERS...COMO...NEW MOUNT PLEASANT...BOUNDARY CITY...
COLLEGE CORNER...CENTER AND BLUFF POINT.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4039 8521 4043 8521 4053 8504 4035 8480
      4031 8480 4031 8514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 321DEG 25KT 4042 8508

JBALL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 11:09 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen	55 hr

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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.