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River Flood Warning 189, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Oct 21, 2020, 11:35 AM EDT for Delaware County, Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 21, 2020, 11:35 AM EDT (15:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2020, 12:08 AM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Delaware County, IN, Randolph County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Mississinewa River at Ridgeville (RIDI3). The gauge peaked at 11.10 ft at Oct 21, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 7 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 12 ft
- Major stage
- 15 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03325519, 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 Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Oct 21, 10:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 10:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Oct 21, 12:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clinton, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 38 min |
| Oct 21, 2:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo | 6 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Putnam | 5 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.