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River Flood Warning 247, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 26, 2019Johnson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Apr 26, 2019, 2:26 PM EDT for Johnson County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2019, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2019, 8:27 AM EDT
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Johnson County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sugar Creek (central) near Edinburgh (EDNI3).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03362500, 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 26, 11:46 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 11:46 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 11:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 46 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 25, 8:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush	20 min
Apr 25, 8:40 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	56 hr
Apr 25, 8:40 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	17 days
Apr 25, 8:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hancock, Rush, Shelby	49 min
Apr 25, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby	44 min
Apr 25, 9:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Randolph	24 min
Apr 25, 9:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Henry, Rush	35 min
Apr 25, 9:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Boone, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry and 4 more	18 hr
Apr 25, 9:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Brown, Clay, Daviess, Greene, Hendricks, Johnson and 8 more	12 hr
Apr 25, 9:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	62 hr
Apr 25, 9:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Marion	71 hr
Apr 25, 9:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion, Morgan	3 days
Apr 25, 9:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion, Morgan	3 days
Apr 25, 9:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen	5 days
Apr 25, 9:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen	5 days
Apr 25, 9:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe, Owen	21 days
Apr 25, 9:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	17 days
Apr 25, 9:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	13 days
Apr 25, 9:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	71 hr
Apr 25, 9:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Randolph	34 min
Apr 26, 2:13 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion	18 hr
Apr 26, 2:13 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Johnson	31 hr
Apr 26, 2:13 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	36 hr
Apr 26, 8:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Henry, Rush, Shelby	16 hr
Apr 26, 8:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby	54 hr
Apr 26, 8:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Howard	14 hr
Apr 26, 11:07 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Hancock	17 hr
Apr 26, 11:07 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion	27 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.