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River Flood Watch 16, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood watch at Jul 21, 2017, 9:42 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jul 22, 2017, 3:48 PM EDT. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 2017, 9:42 PM EDT (01:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 22, 2017, 3:48 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2017, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 43 hr
- 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 01:45 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 Eel River (IN) at North Manchester (NMCI3). The gauge peaked at 9.11 ft at Jul 22, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT.
- 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 21, 9:08 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 9:08 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 3:23 PM EDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Northern Indiana 323 PM EDT Fri Jul 21 2017 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-221930- 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- 323 PM EDT Fri Jul 21 2017 /223 PM CDT Fri Jul 21 2017/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Michigan...northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight Thunderstorms are expected to move through the area late this evening into early Saturday morning, with the potential to produce flash flooding and severe weather. Damaging winds will be the primary threat, with the best chance for severe thunderstorms west of Interstate 69 in Indiana. An isolated tornado will also be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Thunderstorms are also possible into Saturday and Saturday night with a slight risk for severe storms. Damaging winds along with heavy rainfall would pose the main threat. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed tonight. && Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio for further details or updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/iwx LMZ043-046-221930- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 323 PM EDT Fri Jul 21 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of The Nearshore Waters of Southeastern Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight Thunderstorms are expected late this evening into Saturday morning with locally higher winds and waves. Wind gusts to 50 knots will be possible with the strongest storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday The chance for thunderstorms will exist into Saturday afternoon. Locally gusty winds and higher waves will be possible. && 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 10:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Starke | 49 min |
| Jul 22, 12:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 1:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Pulaski, Starke | 12 hr |
| Jul 22, 1:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 3:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 4:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 4:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Grant, Miami, Wabash | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Jay | 25 min |
| Jul 22, 10:44 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 48 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:42 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Williams | 24 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 6 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.