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Areal Flood Warning 45, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 7, 2018Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at Sep 7, 2018, 4:16 PM EDT for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Sep 7, 2018, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Sep 7, 2018, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Randolph County, IN

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Sep 7, 3:27 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 3:27 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 4:49 AM EDT, 11 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 7, 1:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 7, 2:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 7, 3:50 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
350 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 ESE LACY              38.62N 86.75W
09/07/2018                   MARTIN             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL SMALL ROADS WITH WATER FLOWING OVER
            THEM IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF LACY.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 7, 10:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe	3 hr
Sep 7, 11:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Parke, Vermillion	4 hr
Sep 7, 11:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Delaware	4 hr
Sep 7, 11:56 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	3 hr
Sep 7, 1:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Randolph	3 hr
Sep 7, 1:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Boone, Montgomery	3 hr
Sep 7, 2:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Martin	3 hr
Sep 7, 3:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Marion	3 hr
Sep 7, 3:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Martin	3 hr
Sep 7, 4:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Jackson	3 hr
Sep 7, 6:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Jennings	3 hr

Nearby

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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.