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River Flood Warning 117, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 24, 20194 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Feb 24, 2019, 8:26 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Feb 25, 2019, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 56 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2019, 8:26 PM EST (01:26 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 25, 2019, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 27, 2019, 2:48 PM EST
In force
56 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Wabash River at Covington (CVGI3). The gauge peaked at 17.25 ft at Feb 26, 2019, 11:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03336000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 10:55 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDSullivan, Vigo58 hr
Feb 25, 12:16 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington21 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019

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.