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River Flood Warning 100, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 7, 2019Bartholomew County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Feb 7, 2019, 2:51 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Indiana. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 7, 2019, 2:51 PM EST (19:51 UTC)
Expired: Feb 8, 2019, 11:26 AM EST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Bartholomew County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Clifty Creek at Hartsville (CCHI3). The gauge peaked at 11.67 ft at Feb 8, 2019, 4:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03364500, 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 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 river flood warning went out at Feb 7, 2:06 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 2:06 PM EST, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 8:24 AM EST, 6 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 7, 1:57 PM EST, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
157 PM EST THU FEB 7 2019

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

1158 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW DECKER             38.53N 87.54W
02/07/2019                   KNOX               IN   PUBLIC

            LOCATION APPROXIMATE. REPORT OF SEMI
            OVERTURNED FROM STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

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Local storm report, Feb 7, 2:01 PM EST, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
201 PM EST THU FEB 7 2019

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

0140 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BLOOMINGTON             39.16N 86.52W
02/07/2019                   MONROE             IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS MONROE COUNTY ARE
            IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

CP

Local storm report, Feb 7, 2:07 PM EST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
207 PM EST THU FEB 7 2019

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

0200 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 ENE RUSHVILLE         39.62N 85.43W
02/07/2019  M2.35 INCH       RUSH               IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 DAY TOTAL OF 3.28. STREETS STARTING TO
            FLOOD.

&&

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Local storm report, Feb 7, 2:13 PM EST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
213 PM EST THU FEB 7 2019

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

0130 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SSW FREELANDVILLE     38.82N 87.32W
02/07/2019                   KNOX               IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE ROADS FLOODED ALL ACROSS THE
            COUNTY.

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Local storm report, Feb 7, 2:25 PM EST, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
225 PM EST THU FEB 7 2019

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

0219 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 W MCCORDSVILLE        39.90N 85.96W
02/07/2019  E3.50 INCH       MARION             IN   PUBLIC

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Local storm report, Feb 7, 2:32 PM EST, 19 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 7, 2:10 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more	6 hr
Feb 7, 9:11 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Owen	52 hr
Feb 7, 9:11 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Johnson	68 hr
Feb 7, 9:34 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Jackson	41 min
Feb 7, 9:50 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Greene	40 min
Feb 7, 10:27 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 6 more	6 hr
Feb 7, 10:34 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 6 more	9 hr
Feb 7, 11:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Bartholomew, Brown	33 min
Feb 7, 11:36 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Brown, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence and 3 more	4 hr
Feb 7, 11:48 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	27 min
Feb 7, 11:53 AM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Knox	22 min
Feb 7, 12:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Martin	28 min
Feb 7, 12:32 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Brown, Clay, Greene, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan and 3 more	3 hr
Feb 7, 12:37 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Monroe	23 min
Feb 7, 12:41 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Rush and 1 more	5 hr
Feb 7, 12:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	30 min
Feb 7, 12:52 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Putnam	24 hr
Feb 7, 12:52 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Decatur	36 hr
Feb 7, 12:52 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Hancock	30 hr
Feb 7, 12:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Monroe	34 min
Feb 7, 1:20 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Randolph	4 hr
Feb 7, 1:34 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison	3 hr
Feb 7, 2:51 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew	21 hr
Feb 7, 2:53 PM EST	Wind Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 28 more	13 hr
Feb 7, 3:27 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Brown, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence and 3 more	2 hr
Feb 7, 3:30 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Brown, Clay, Greene, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan and 3 more	2 hr
Feb 7, 4:55 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Clay, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan and 5 more	36 hr
Feb 7, 4:59 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph	36 hr
Feb 7, 5:02 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Rush and 1 more	36 hr
Feb 7, 5:20 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Brown, Clay, Daviess, Greene, Johnson, Knox and 6 more	36 hr
Feb 7, 5:35 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	21 days
Feb 7, 5:35 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan	15 hr
Feb 7, 6:11 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion	14 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.