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River Flood Warning 62, NWS Northern Indiana

May 18, 2019Defiance County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at May 18, 2019, 2:57 PM EDT for Defiance County, Ohio. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 2019, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2019, 8:11 AM EDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Defiance County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Auglaize River near Defiance (DFCO1). The gauge peaked at 21.28 ft at May 18, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04191500, 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 18, 1:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 1:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 11:10 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAdams, Allen5 days
May 18, 3:41 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX44 hr
May 18, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX55 min
May 18, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte, Starke46 min
May 18, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph28 min
May 18, 2:57 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXPutnam11 hr
May 18, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBerrien34 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.