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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Northern Indiana

April 21, 20195 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 21, 2019, 7:44 AM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Apr 21, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2019, 7:44 AM EDT (11:44 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 21, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 21, 2019, 2:04 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Blackford County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Salamonie River near Warren (WRNI3). The gauge peaked at 12.00 ft at Apr 21, 2019, 9:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03324300, 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, 12 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 7:21 PM EDT, 12 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 8:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAdams, Allen4 days
Apr 21, 1:31 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAdams, Wells68 hr
Apr 20, 8:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen, Paulding, Putnam28 hr
Apr 20, 8:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXDefiance, Henry3 days
Apr 21, 1:31 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXPutnam60 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.