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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 26, 2019, 7:34 AM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 71 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2019, 7:34 AM EDT (11:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2019, 6:13 AM EDT
- In force
- 71 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 11:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Salamonie River near Warren (WRNI3). The gauge peaked at 13.49 ft at Apr 27, 2019, 12:00 AM EDT.
- 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 26, 6:36 AM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 6:36 AM EDT, 58 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Northern Indiana 636 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2019 .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 142 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2019 A cold front will move through the area the remainder of the night, accompanied by a period of rain and gusty winds. Rain will also continue across eastern Indiana into northwest Ohio as low pressure moves away. Windy conditions and decreasing clouds are expected behind this system on Friday. Lows tonight will range between the mid 40s and mid 50s, with highs on Friday in the upper 50s and low 60s. Cool conditions are expected this weekend with another round of rain and wind anticipated later Saturday into Saturday night. && .SHORT TERM...(Today and Tonight) Issued at 309 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2019 Water vapor imagery and latest RAP analysis depicting upper trof axis beginning to take on negative tilt and expected to continue overnight as re-enforcing northern stream wave currently dropping into western Lake Superior. KIWX radar has returns trending weaker over the past couple of hours but deformation band expected to continue into the early morning hours. Deepening surface low over Ohio will continue to lift E/NE into Lake Erie this morning then up into Lake Ontario by this afternoon. Cold front associated with northern stream wave may bring some additional light showers across the area through mid morning before all precip exits to the east by this afternoon. Very strong gradient on the backside of the low will result in very windy conditions this afternoon...despite surface ridge axis remaining well to the west there will be decent subsidence and drier air moving in to allow for some clearing skies...as a result forecast soundings have mixing depth up to 5Kft and supportive and gusts 35-40mph. Surface ridge axis does progress eastward toward our area tonight...but not as fast as previous runs as it reaches IL/IN line by 09Z Saturday. Still should see winds rapidly diminishing tonight even if boundary layer doesnt fully decouple. This along with clear skies over the CWA will have lows dropping into the mid 30s over northern half and therefore will still have frost potential in the pre-dawn hours Saturday morning. && .LONG TERM...(Saturday through Thursday) Issued at 309 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2019 Pacific energy will continue to stream onshore as next wave coming out of upper low over gulf of Alaska will bring a pretty dynamic short wave into the mid MS valley by Saturday afternoon...aided by good upper level divergence associated with a somewhat coupled jet structure. Good agreement among the deterministic models in tracking associated surface low into N/NC Indiana Saturday night. Dynamics associated with this system expected to more than compensate for lacking deep moisture return as strong isentropic ascent north of warm front will yield a good half inch or more of rain across the northern half of the CWA. Thermal profiles across this area will have shrinking surface based warm layer that may have snow briefly mixing with rain after midnight and possibly becoming all snow by early morning hours before ending. System quickly exits to eastern Ohio by Sunday morning as high pressure builds into the great lakes region. Dry and cool by Sunday afternoon with highs in the low-mid 50s. Dry weather short-lived as the next in a series of systems to impact the area begins Monday. Initially starting off as a quasi-zonal pattern...east/west surface boundary will settle south of the area and result in a cool start to the work week. By mid-week models bring southern stream Pacific energy into SW US and subsequent downstream amplification will have subtropical ridge building across the SE US. This should trend surface boundary further north and have temperatures at or above normal days 5-7. Low confidence pattern with plenty of spread between models has blend spreading out extended period of rain chances Mon-Thu. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Saturday Morning) Issued at 632 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2019 Front has cleared KSBN and will arrive at KFWA in the next hour or so. Fairly stout wind gusts accompanying the front with KSBN gusting to 39 knots briefly. Winds will calm down somewhat behind it, but pick back up this afternoon. Some pockets of MVFR cigs remain but appear to be breaking up some already with VFR cigs at times past few hours at both sites. Skies will clear through the morning with VFR cigs/vsby taking hold by 18Z through the rest of the period. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...Small Craft Advisory until 8 PM EDT this evening for LMZ043-046. && SYNOPSIS...Steinwedel SHORT TERM...JAL LONG TERM...JAL AVIATION...Fisher Visit us at www.weather.gov/iwx Follow us on Facebook...Twitter...and YouTube at: www.facebook.com/NWSNorthernIndiana www.twitter.com/nwsiwx www.youtube.com/NWSNorthernIndiana
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 4:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Northern Indiana 453 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2019 INZ018-022>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-270900- Allen IN-Cass IN-Miami-Wabash-Huntington-Wells-Adams-Grant-Blackford- Jay-Defiance-Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH- 453 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Rain will be ending this morning but minor river and lowland flooding will continue today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. INZ003>009-012>017-020-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-270900- La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Starke- Pulaski-Marshall-Fulton IN-Kosciusko-Whitley-White-Berrien-Cass MI- St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale-Williams-Fulton OH- 453 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2019 /353 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2019/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana, southwest Michigan and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LMZ043-046-270900- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 453 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for The Nearshore Waters of Southeastern Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Conditions may become hazardous for small craft Friday and again Saturday night into Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 26, 7:14 AM EDT, 20 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 9:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Grant, Jay, Wells | 36 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 6 days |
| Apr 25, 10:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen | 21 days |
| Apr 26, 2:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Wells | 6 days |
| Apr 26, 7:34 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 47 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:34 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 45 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:09 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 3 days |
| Apr 26, 12:29 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Grant, Miami, Wabash | 40 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:03 PM EDT | Gale Watch | IWX | 6 hr | |
| Apr 26, 6:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Van Wert | 27 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Putnam | 33 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam | 67 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry | 9 days |
| Apr 26, 8:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:09 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Putnam | 52 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert | 6 hr |
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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.