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River Flood Warning 90, NWS Northern Indiana

October 31, 2019Allen County, DeKalb County, Indiana; Defiance County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Oct 31, 2019, 9:35 PM EDT for Allen County, DeKalb County, Indiana; Defiance County, Ohio. It took effect at Nov 1, 2019, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 31, 2019, 9:35 PM EDT (01:35 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 1, 2019, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Nov 5, 2019, 10:49 PM EST
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Defiance County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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. Joseph River (OH/IN) near Newville (NVLI3). The gauge peaked at 12.67 ft at Nov 2, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT.

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

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04178000, 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 Oct 31, 7:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 7:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 31, 2:37 PM EDT, 6 hours 58 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
237 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019

INZ004-005-012>016-020-022>024-032-033-MIZ078-011845-
St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Starke-Pulaski-Marshall-Fulton IN-Kosciusko-
White-Cass IN-Miami-Wabash-Grant-Blackford-Cass MI-
237 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019 /137 PM CDT Thu Oct 31 2019/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

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

   Wind Advisory.

West winds will gust up to near 45 mph at times late this afternoon
into this evening.

Rain will change over to a burst of snow late this afternoon into
this evening. Accumulations up to 1 inch are possible on mainly
grassy and elevated surfaces.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

INZ003-MIZ077-011845-
La Porte-Berrien-
237 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019 /137 PM CDT Thu Oct 31 2019/

...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/
FRIDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

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

   Lakeshore Flood Warning.
   Wind Advisory.

West winds will gust up to near 45 mph at times late this afternoon
into this evening.

Rain will change over to a burst of snow late this afternoon into
this evening. Accumulations up to 1 inch are possible on mainly
grassy and elevated surfaces.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

INZ006>009-017-018-025>027-034-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-
024-025-011845-
Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Whitley-Allen IN-Huntington-Wells-
Adams-Jay-St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale-Williams-Fulton OH-Defiance-
Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH-
237 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT FRIDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

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

   Wind Advisory.

West winds will gust up to near 45 mph at times late this afternoon
into this evening.

Rain will change over to a burst of snow early this evening.
Accumulations up to 1 inch are possible on mainly grassy and
elevated surfaces.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LMZ043-046-011845-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
237 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT FRIDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

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

   Gale Warning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Conditions hazardous to small craft may persist into Friday.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 31, 9:25 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
925 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019

INZ003>005-012>016-020-022>024-032-MIZ077-078-010400-
La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Starke-Pulaski-Marshall-Fulton IN-
Kosciusko-White-Cass IN-Miami-Wabash-Grant-Berrien-Cass MI-
Including the cities of Michigan City, La Porte, South Bend,
Mishawaka, New Carlisle, Walkerton, Elkhart, Goshen, Nappanee,
Knox, North Judson, Bass Lake, Winamac, Francesville,
Medaryville, Plymouth, Bremen, Culver, Rochester, Akron, Warsaw,
Winona Lake, Syracuse, Mentone, Monticello, Monon, Brookston,
Logansport, Royal Center, Peru, Grissom AFB, Mexico, Wabash,
North Manchester, Marion, Gas City, Upland, Niles, Benton Harbor,
St. Joseph, Fair Plain, Benton Heights, Buchanan, Paw Paw Lake,
Dowagiac, Cassopolis, and Marcellus
925 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019 /825 PM CDT Thu Oct 31 2019/

...Slick Spots Possible on Area Roads This Evening...

As temperatures fall below freezing through 12 AM EDT/11 PM
CDT...the recent rain and snow may begin to freeze on some roads
and elevated surfaces, especially those that are less traveled.
Motorists should use caution approaching intersections and
overpasses that appear wet as black ice may exist.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 1, 2:16 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX26 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2019River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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.