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River Flood Warning 116, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 13, 20225 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Apr 13, 2022, 12:27 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Apr 15, 2022, 4:40 AM EDT. It was in force for 52 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 13, 2022, 12:27 PM EDT (16:27 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 15, 2022, 4:40 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 17, 2022, 8:52 AM EDT
In force: 52 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wabash River at Lafayette (LAFI3).

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03335500, 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 Apr 12, 7:34 PM EDT, 16 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 7:34 PM EDT, 16 hours 53 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 12:20 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	7 days
Apr 13, 12:20 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	5 days
Apr 13, 12:20 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox	8 days
Apr 13, 12:20 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	4 days
Apr 13, 12:27 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	6 days
Apr 13, 12:27 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	34 hr
Apr 13, 3:53 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Fountain, Hamilton and 9 more	28 hr
Apr 13, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess, Knox	24 min
Apr 13, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Greene, Monroe, Owen	27 min
Apr 13, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Lawrence, Martin	31 min
Apr 13, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	25 min
Apr 13, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Lawrence, Martin	31 min
Apr 13, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	50 min
Apr 13, 6:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	34 min
Apr 13, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Monroe and 2 more	43 min
Apr 13, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings, Rush	51 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2022 Every river flood warning in 2022

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.