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River Flood Watch 12, NWS Northern Indiana

July 9, 20174 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood watch at Jul 9, 2017, 10:08 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jul 11, 2017, 3:16 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2017, 10:08 AM EDT (14:08 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 11, 2017, 3:16 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 14, 2017, 7:00 AM EDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cass County, IN, Miami County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Whitley County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:11 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 Eel River (IN) at North Manchester (NMCI3). The gauge peaked at 13.00 ft at Jul 8, 2017, 10:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03328000, 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 Jul 9, 6:23 AM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 6:23 AM EDT, 3 hours 45 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.