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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Northern Indiana

April 20, 2019Allen County, Paulding County, Putnam County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 20, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT for Allen County, Paulding County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 20, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2019, 11:40 PM EDT
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Allen County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Auglaize River at Ft. Jennings (FTJO1). The gauge peaked at 13.06 ft at Apr 21, 2019, 1:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04186500, 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 20, 7:21 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 7:21 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 20, 8:00 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen	4 days
Apr 21, 1:31 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Adams, Wells	68 hr
Apr 21, 7:44 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Blackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells	6 hr
Apr 20, 8:00 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Henry	3 days
Apr 21, 1:31 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Putnam	60 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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.