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River Flood Warning 90, NWS Northern Indiana
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.
- 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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2:16 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 26 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.