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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Northern Indiana

April 30, 2019LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Starke County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 30, 2019, 10:34 AM CDT for LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Starke County, Indiana. It took effect at May 1, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2019, 10:34 AM CDT (15:34 UTC)
In effect from: May 1, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 6, 2019, 3:10 PM CDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties LaPorte County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kankakee River at Davis (DAVI3). The gauge peaked at 11.31 ft at May 2, 2019, 12:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05515500, 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 30, 10:23 AM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 10:23 AM CDT, 11 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 30, 10:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke	7 days
Apr 30, 10:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Carroll, Pulaski, White	6 days
Apr 30, 10:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen	65 hr
Apr 30, 2:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	IWX	Elkhart, Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, White	18 hr
Apr 30, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart	25 min
Apr 30, 6:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke	3 hr
Apr 30, 10:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Williams	6 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.