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River Flood Warning 79, NWS Northern Indiana

June 19, 2019Wells County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Jun 19, 2019, 10:09 PM EDT for Wells County, Indiana. It took effect at Jun 20, 2019, 11:25 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2019, 10:09 PM EDT (02:09 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 20, 2019, 11:25 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 25, 2019, 11:27 AM EDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Wells County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wabash River at Bluffton (BLFI3).

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03323000, 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 Jun 19, 7:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 7:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:10 PM EDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
410 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2019

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-202015-
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-
410 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2019 /310 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2019/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

Showers and thunderstorms will continue through tonight. Locally
heavy rainfall is possible with between 1 and 3 inches of rain. This
could lead to more flooding where the ground is already saturated.

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

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

Showers and storms will diminish late Thursday but flooding
potential could linger depending on where and how much rain falls.

There is also a chance for more thunderstorms Friday night into
early next week. Heavy rainfall remains possible but location is
uncertain at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LMZ043-046-202015-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
410 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

There is a chance of thunderstorms tonight.

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

There is a chance for thunderstorms Friday night into early next
week.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
550 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0539 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 S SANTA FE            40.64N 85.99W
06/19/2019  M0.92 INCH       MIAMI              IN   MESONET

            MESONET STATION FW0298 SANTA FE.

&&

GH

Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
603 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0554 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 SE GAS CITY           40.48N 85.60W
06/19/2019  E1.00 INCH       GRANT              IN   PUBLIC

&&

GH

Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
614 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0551 PM     HEAVY RAIN       ANDREWS                 40.86N 85.60W
06/19/2019  M2.50 INCH       HUNTINGTON         IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

GH

Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
630 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0629 PM     HEAVY RAIN       CONSTANTINE             41.84N 85.66W
06/19/2019  M1.95 INCH       ST. JOSEPH         MI   MESONET

&&

GH

Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
639 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0639 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 NE BUNKER HILL        40.68N 86.07W
06/19/2019  M3.10 INCH       MIAMI              IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            STORM TOTAL SO FAR.

&&

GH

Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 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
Jun 19, 10:09 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Adams, Wells	5 days
Jun 20, 4:47 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	IWX		14 hr
Jun 20, 4:47 AM EDT	Lakeshore Flood Advisory	IWX		14 hr
Jun 20, 8:38 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Elkhart, LaGrange, Steuben	4 hr
Jun 20, 9:33 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	IWX		9 hr
Jun 20, 1:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Adams, Allen	119 min
Jun 20, 1:48 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen	57 hr
Jun 20, 3:19 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb	5 days
Jun 20, 11:14 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Williams	69 hr
Jun 20, 1:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Allen, Putnam	2 hr

Nearby

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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.