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River Flood Warning 55, NWS Northern Indiana

May 1, 2019Allen County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at May 1, 2019, 11:37 AM EDT for Allen County, Indiana. It took effect at May 3, 2019, 4:24 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2019, 11:37 AM EDT (15:37 UTC)
In effect from: May 3, 2019, 4:24 AM EDT
Expired: May 2, 2019, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Allen County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point St. Joseph River (OH/IN) near Fort Wayne (ROOI3). The gauge peaked at 11.23 ft at May 2, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04180500, 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 May 1, 6:56 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 6:56 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 5:19 AM EDT, 6 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 8:37 AM EDT, 3 hours before

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Special weather statement, May 1, 10:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 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, 8:46 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb	8 days
Apr 30, 9:01 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Miami, Wabash	20 hr
Apr 30, 9:17 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Noble	11 days
Apr 30, 9:17 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Noble	62 hr
Apr 30, 9:17 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Saint Joseph	6 days
May 1, 2:52 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley	3 days
May 1, 5:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben	6 hr
May 1, 8:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Marshall, Pulaski, Starke	14 hr
May 1, 11:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben	12 hr
May 1, 11:37 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke	4 days
May 1, 11:37 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke	5 days
May 1, 11:37 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Elkhart	7 days
May 1, 11:37 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Saint Joseph	33 hr
May 1, 11:37 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Saint Joseph	5 days
May 1, 1:35 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	Carroll, White	25 hr

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.