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River Flood Watch 11, NWS Northern Indiana

May 21, 2017Carroll County, White County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood watch at May 21, 2017, 8:59 AM EDT for Carroll County, White County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2017, 8:59 AM EDT (12:59 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2017, 8:59 AM EDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Carroll County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:01 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 Tippecanoe River at Norway Dam (NWYI3).

Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 May 21, 6:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 6:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 5:41 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
541 AM EDT Sun May 21 2017

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-220945-
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-
541 AM EDT Sun May 21 2017 /441 AM CDT Sun May 21 2017/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest
Michigan...northern Indiana and northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

There is a chance for thunderstorms today. The storms are not
expected to become severe.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

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

LMZ043-046-220945-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
541 AM EDT Sun May 21 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of The Nearshore
Waters of Southeastern Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Small craft advisory conditions are possible tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

&&

Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio for further details or updates...or
check our web site at weather.gov/iwx

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 21, 7:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 8:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass	22 min
May 20, 8:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Cass, Pulaski, White	6 hr
May 20, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Miami	33 min
May 20, 9:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	25 min
May 20, 9:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph	6 hr
May 20, 9:53 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Fulton, Marshall	3 hr
May 20, 9:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wabash	32 min
May 20, 10:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Elkhart, LaGrange	3 hr
May 20, 10:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko	3 hr
May 20, 10:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash	5 hr
May 20, 10:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Huntington	34 min
May 20, 11:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Whitley	65 min
May 21, 2:29 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley	48 hr
May 21, 4:21 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Miami, Wabash	47 hr
May 21, 6:05 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Noble	21 days
May 21, 4:01 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	IWX		19 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.