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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Northern Indiana

June 13, 2015Adams County, Allen County, Indiana; Van Wert County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood watch at Jun 13, 2015, 10:38 AM EDT for Adams County, Allen County, Indiana; Van Wert County, Ohio. It took effect at Jun 13, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 56 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2015, 10:38 AM EDT (14:38 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 13, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 16, 2015, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 56 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:37 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. Marys River at Decatur (DCRI3). The gauge peaked at 23.77 ft at Jun 17, 2015, 4:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04181500, 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 watch 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 watch went out at Jun 13, 5:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 5:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 4:29 AM EDT, 6 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
429 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-140830-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-
PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-
MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-
CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
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...FORT WAYNE...
MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...
BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
429 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS AND
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL ARE
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE AND
COULD CAUSE FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD.
STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE
POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLOODING
PROBLEMS DURING THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES OVER THE NEXT WEEK.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-140830-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
429 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG
STORMS WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES DURING THIS PERIOD.

&&

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 9:05 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Carroll, White	3 days
Jun 13, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Jay	26 min
Jun 13, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	30 min
Jun 13, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Marshall	32 min
Jun 13, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	31 min
Jun 13, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	White	33 min
Jun 13, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Huntington	35 min
Jun 13, 6:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Allen	3 hr
Jun 13, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		60 min
Jun 13, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb	38 min
Jun 13, 7:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Huntington, Wells	2 hr
Jun 13, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Defiance	27 min
Jun 13, 7:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Indiana, 2015 River Flood Watches in Ohio, 2015 Every river flood watch 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.