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River Flood Warning 80, NWS Northern Indiana

June 20, 2019Defiance County, Fulton County, Williams County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Jun 20, 2019, 11:14 AM EDT for Defiance County, Fulton County, Williams County, Ohio. It took effect at Jun 20, 2019, 7:03 PM EDT. It was in force for 61 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2019, 11:14 AM EDT (15:14 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 20, 2019, 7:03 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 23, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 61 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 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 Tiffin River at Stryker (STRO1). The gauge peaked at 11.55 ft at Jun 23, 2019, 5:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 16.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04185000, 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, 16 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 7:02 PM EDT, 16 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:10 PM EDT, 19 hours 4 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.

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 19, 10:09 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Wells	6 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, 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.