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River Flood Warning 135, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 20, 2022Gibson County, Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at May 20, 2022, 10:38 AM CDT for Gibson County, Knox County, Indiana. It took effect at May 21, 2022, 10:38 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2022, 10:38 AM CDT (15:38 UTC)
In effect from: May 21, 2022, 10:38 AM CDT
Expired: May 25, 2022, 6:01 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Gibson County, IN, Knox County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White River (IN) at Hazleton (HAZI3).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 28 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 Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 20, 9:43 AM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 9:43 AM CDT, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 10:18 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 5:47 AM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 6:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 8:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 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
May 19, 7:58 PM CDT	Flood Watch	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Decatur, Greene and 13 more	11 hr
May 19, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Sullivan	30 min
May 19, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	24 min
May 19, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Knox	39 min
May 19, 9:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Knox	37 min
May 19, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin	38 min
May 19, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Morgan	29 min
May 19, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin	29 min
May 19, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Knox	26 min
May 19, 11:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Marion, Tipton	25 min
May 19, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Lawrence	26 min
May 19, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Bartholomew	24 min
May 19, 11:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Jackson	38 min
May 20, 12:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Greene	3 hr
May 20, 12:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess	25 min
May 20, 12:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Jennings	33 min
May 20, 12:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Greene	35 min
May 20, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Martin	30 min
May 20, 12:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Hamilton, Marion	113 min
May 20, 12:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Lawrence, Martin	3 hr
May 20, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings	31 min
May 20, 1:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Jennings	18 min
May 20, 4:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	6 hr
May 20, 8:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Jackson, Jennings	7 hr
May 20, 10:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	4 days
May 20, 6:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	4 days

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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.