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River Flood Warning 59, NWS Northern Indiana

May 17, 2019Allen County, Paulding County, Putnam County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at May 17, 2019, 10:42 AM EDT for Allen County, Paulding County, Putnam County, Ohio. It took effect at May 17, 2019, 3:15 PM EDT. It was in force for 70 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 2019, 10:42 AM EDT (14:42 UTC)
In effect from: May 17, 2019, 3:15 PM EDT
Expired: May 20, 2019, 1:36 PM EDT
In force: 70 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

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 14:44 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 18.98 ft at May 18, 2019, 5:00 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 May 17, 7:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 7:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 5:52 AM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 17, 7:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 7:31 AM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 17, 8:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 9:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 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
May 16, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart	26 min
May 16, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wabash	24 min
May 16, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble	45 min
May 16, 8:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Huntington, Wabash	39 min
May 16, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb, Noble	36 min
May 16, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, Huntington, Wells	49 min
May 16, 9:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb, Noble	66 min
May 16, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	33 min
May 16, 9:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	42 min
May 16, 9:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Wells	53 min
May 16, 10:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	54 min
May 16, 10:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	DeKalb	33 min
May 16, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart, Saint Joseph	25 min
May 16, 10:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	28 min
May 16, 10:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Allen, DeKalb	4 hr
May 16, 10:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Kosciusko, Noble	40 min
May 16, 10:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	52 min
May 16, 11:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	56 min
May 16, 11:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	DeKalb	32 min
May 17, 12:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen	12 hr
May 17, 12:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaPorte	40 min
May 17, 1:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	55 min
May 17, 1:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaPorte	52 min
May 17, 2:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	26 min
May 17, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Blackford	47 min
May 16, 11:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton, Williams	67 min
May 16, 11:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Van Wert	34 min
May 17, 12:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Defiance, Paulding, Putnam	54 min
May 17, 12:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, Van Wert	51 min
May 17, 12:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Van Wert	43 min
May 17, 2:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, Defiance, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert	9 hr
May 17, 10:42 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Henry	3 days
May 16, 10:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Branch, Hillsdale	43 min

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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.