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River Flood Warning 72, NWS Northern Indiana

May 29, 2019Allen County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at May 29, 2019, 8:52 AM EDT for Allen County, Indiana. It took effect at May 29, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2019, 8:52 AM EDT (12:52 UTC)
In effect from
May 29, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 30, 2019, 6:06 PM EDT
In force
28 hr
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 12:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point St. Marys River near Fort Wayne (SASI3).

Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04182000, 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 29, 6:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 6:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 5:16 AM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
516 AM EDT Wed May 29 2019

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-300930-
La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Starke-
Pulaski-Marshall-Fulton IN-Kosciusko-Whitley-Allen IN-White-Cass IN-
Miami-Wabash-Huntington-Wells-Adams-Grant-Blackford-Jay-Berrien-
Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale-Williams-Fulton OH-Defiance-
Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH-
516 AM EDT Wed May 29 2019 /416 AM CDT Wed May 29 2019/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana, southwest
Michigan and northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

There is a slight risk for severe storms south of a line from Winamac
to Forth Wayne to Ottawa this afternoon and evening. Damaging winds
and large hail are possible in addition to the chance for heavy
rain.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Thunderstorms are likely Thursday, but the storms are not expected
to become severe. However, heavy rain is possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LMZ043-046-300930-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
516 AM EDT Wed May 29 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for The Nearshore Waters of
Southeastern Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

There is a chance for a thunderstorm early today, but severe weather
is not expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

There is a good chance for thunderstorms Thursday, but the storms
are not expected to become severe.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 11:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXLaPorte, Marshall, Saint Joseph3 hr
May 29, 6:43 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXDefiance, Fulton, Williams5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2019Every 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.