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River Flood Warning 108, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 8, 2019Decatur County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Feb 8, 2019, 1:10 PM EST for Decatur County, Indiana. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 2019, 1:10 PM EST (18:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2019, 1:10 PM EST
In force
21 days
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Decatur County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Flatrock River at St. Paul (STPI3). The gauge peaked at 11.15 ft at Feb 8, 2019, 5:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
3 ft
Minor stage
6 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03363500, 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 8, 1:04 PM EST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 1:04 PM EST, 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 7, 9:12 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Jennings, Washington16 hr
Feb 7, 9:18 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington21 days
Feb 8, 4:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Madison29 hr
Feb 8, 4:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion6 hr
Feb 8, 5:20 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion3 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.