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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Northern Indiana

May 31, 2019Defiance County, Fulton County, Williams County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood watch at May 31, 2019, 10:57 AM EDT for Defiance County, Fulton County, Williams County, Ohio. It took effect at Jun 2, 2019, 12:30 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2019, 10:57 AM EDT (14:57 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 2, 2019, 12:30 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 1, 2019, 11:20 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

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 14:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tiffin River at Stryker (STRO1). The gauge peaked at 13.32 ft at Jun 2, 2019, 11:00 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 watch 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 watch went out at May 31, 5:45 AM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 5:45 AM EDT, 5 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
May 30, 10:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	White	33 min
May 30, 11:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	White	21 min
May 30, 11:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	White	6 hr
May 30, 11:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Cass, White	117 min
May 30, 11:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	White	95 min
May 31, 1:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Cass, White	4 hr
May 31, 5:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	Cass, White	6 hr

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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.