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River Flood Warning 174, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 31, 2019Monroe County, Morgan County, Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Mar 31, 2019, 11:17 AM EDT for Monroe County, Morgan County, Owen County, Indiana. It took effect at Apr 2, 2019, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2019, 11:17 AM EDT (15:17 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 2, 2019, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 2, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White River (IN) at Eagle Valley Power Plant (CENI3).

Action stage: 599.5 ft
Minor stage: 603 ft
Moderate stage: 607 ft
Major stage: 610 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Mar 31, 6:48 AM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 6:48 AM EDT, 4 hours 29 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
Mar 30, 10:29 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	40 hr
Mar 30, 10:39 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe, White	21 hr
Mar 30, 10:39 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox	10 days
Mar 30, 10:39 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox, Posey	10 days
Mar 30, 10:39 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene	33 hr
Mar 31, 12:10 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	30 hr
Mar 31, 5:55 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Johnson	11 hr
Mar 31, 11:17 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby	43 hr
Mar 31, 11:17 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen	51 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2019 Every 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.