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Flood Watch 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 19, 201839 counties in Indiana

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren19 days
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren19 days
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo20 days
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo17 days
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDSullivan, Vigo21 days
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan23 days
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan24 days
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox22 days
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox, Posey21 days
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan62 hr
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan9 days
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen9 days
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Owen14 days
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox15 days
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox14 days
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike16 days
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe, White12 days
Feb 18, 10:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDTippecanoe6 days
Feb 19, 9:57 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe, White8 days
Feb 19, 9:57 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Johnson, Shelby5 days
Feb 19, 9:57 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin15 days
Feb 19, 9:57 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Madison4 days
Feb 19, 9:57 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Marion5 days
Feb 19, 9:57 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen8 days
Feb 19, 9:57 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDClay, Greene4 days
Feb 19, 5:43 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Randolph29 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.