Alert archive / Indiana / Flood Watches in 2018
Flood Watch 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flood watch at Feb 19, 2018, 3:29 PM EST for 39 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Feb 19, 2018, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2018, 3:29 PM EST (20:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2018, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2018, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Flood severity
- None
All 39 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Feb 19, 3:21 PM EST, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 3:21 PM EST, 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 4:13 AM EST, 11 hours 16 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 413 AM EST Mon Feb 19 2018 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-200915- Carroll-Warren-Tippecanoe-Clinton-Howard-Fountain-Montgomery-Boone- Tipton-Hamilton-Madison-Delaware-Randolph-Vermillion-Parke-Putnam- Hendricks-Marion-Hancock-Henry-Vigo-Clay-Owen-Morgan-Johnson-Shelby- Rush-Sullivan-Greene-Monroe-Brown-Bartholomew-Decatur-Knox-Daviess- Martin-Lawrence-Jackson-Jennings- Including the cities of Lafayette, Frankfort, Kokomo, Crawfordsville, Anderson, Muncie, Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Shelbyville, Bloomington, Columbus, Vincennes, Bedford, and Seymour 413 AM EST Mon Feb 19 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Outlook: Isolated thunderstorms are possible. Hazards: Lightning. Locally heavy rainfall. Timing: Any time. Discussion: An approaching frontal system will keep rain and isolated thunderstorms over central Indiana today and tonight. Lightning and locally heavy rainfall will be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Outlook: Significant rainfall is possible at times through much of this week and into the weekend across central Indiana. Flooding, possibly significant flooding, could develop as a result of this rainfall. Embedded thunderstorms are possible at times as well. No severe storms are expected at this time. Discussion: A slow moving front will interact with warm and moist air from the Gulf of Mexico to bring rain to central Indiana. The rain could be heavy at times with as much as 3 to 6 inches possible in spots by the weekend. Lowland flooding is expected, with the possibility of the development of significant river flooding later this week as well. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 19 days |
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 19 days |
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 20 days |
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 17 days |
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 21 days |
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 23 days |
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 24 days |
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 22 days |
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox, Posey | 21 days |
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 62 hr |
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 9 days |
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 9 days |
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 14 days |
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 15 days |
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 14 days |
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 16 days |
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 12 days |
| Feb 18, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 6 days |
| Feb 19, 9:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 8 days |
| Feb 19, 9:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby | 5 days |
| Feb 19, 9:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 15 days |
| Feb 19, 9:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 4 days |
| Feb 19, 9:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 5 days |
| Feb 19, 9:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 8 days |
| Feb 19, 9:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 4 days |
| Feb 19, 5:43 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 29 hr |
Nearby
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.