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River Flood Warning 349, NWS Indianapolis, IN

December 30, 2019Delaware County, Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Dec 30, 2019, 4:09 AM EST for Delaware County, Randolph County, Indiana. It took effect at Dec 30, 2019, 5:10 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 30, 2019, 4:09 AM EST (09:09 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 30, 2019, 5:10 AM EST
Expired: Dec 30, 2019, 6:36 PM EST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Delaware County, IN, Randolph County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississinewa River at Ridgeville (RIDI3). The gauge peaked at 12.07 ft at Dec 30, 2019, 12:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03325519, 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 Dec 30, 2:52 AM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 2:52 AM EST, 1 hour 17 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
Dec 30, 4:09 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene	41 hr
Dec 30, 10:38 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby	3 days
Dec 30, 10:38 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	3 days
Dec 30, 10:38 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	5 days
Dec 30, 10:38 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	3 days
Dec 30, 10:38 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	5 days
Dec 30, 10:38 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	8 days
Dec 30, 10:38 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	3 days

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.