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River Flood Warning 94, NWS Northern Indiana

December 31, 2019Defiance County, Henry County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Dec 31, 2019, 10:10 AM EST for Defiance County, Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 31, 2019, 10:10 AM EST (15:10 UTC)
Expired
Jan 1, 2020, 10:00 PM EST
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Defiance County, OH, Henry County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Maumee River near Defiance (DEFO1).

Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Dec 30, 2:31 PM EST, 19 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 2:31 PM EST, 19 hours 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 31, 10:55 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX48 hr
Dec 31, 1:46 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXWilliams3 days

Nearby

River 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.