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River Flood Warning 214, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 18, 2019Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2019, 1:22 PM EDT for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It took effect at Apr 19, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2019, 1:22 PM EDT (17:22 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 19, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 22, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wildcat Creek (IN) near Lafayette (LYTI3).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 19.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03335000, 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 Apr 18, 10:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 10:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 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
Apr 18, 3:45 AM EDT	Flood Watch	IND	Boone, Brown, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, Delaware and 21 more	18 hr
Apr 18, 6:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Henry	29 min
Apr 18, 1:22 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Shelby	49 hr
Apr 18, 1:22 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Putnam	36 hr
Apr 18, 1:22 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion	31 hr
Apr 18, 1:22 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Owen	38 hr
Apr 18, 1:22 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Hancock	21 days
Apr 18, 1:22 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Johnson	21 days
Apr 18, 1:22 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion, Morgan	3 days
Apr 18, 1:22 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Howard	45 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.