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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Feb 17, 2022, 11:21 AM EST for Putnam County, Ohio. It took effect at Feb 18, 2022, 5:06 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2022, 11:21 AM EST (16:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2022, 5:06 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2022, 11:01 PM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Putnam County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Ottawa River near Kalida (KALO1).
- Action stage
- 16 ft
- Minor stage
- 19 ft
- Moderate stage
- 20 ft
- Major stage
- 22 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04188100, 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 Feb 17, 11:03 AM EST, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 11:03 AM EST, 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 5:06 AM EST, 6 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Northern Indiana 506 AM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 INZ033-034-181015- Blackford-Jay- 506 AM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Snow and ice accumulations will make travel slippery this evening into tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Flooding may linger into the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. INZ026-027-032-OHZ016-024-025-181015- Wells-Adams-Grant-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH- 506 AM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Winter Weather Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Flooding may linger into the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. INZ018-024-025-OHZ002-004-005-015-181015- Allen IN-Wabash-Huntington-Fulton OH-Defiance-Henry-Paulding- 506 AM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Winter Weather Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Flooding may linger through the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. INZ004>006-012-014-MIZ078-079-181015- St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Lagrange-Starke-Marshall-Cass MI-St. Joseph MI- 506 AM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 /406 AM CST Thu Feb 17 2022/ ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and southwest Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Winter Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Flooding may linger through the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. INZ007>009-013-015>017-020-022-023-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-181015- Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Pulaski-Fulton IN-Kosciusko-Whitley-White- Cass IN-Miami-Branch-Hillsdale-Williams- 506 AM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana, southwest Michigan and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Winter Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Flooding may linger through the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MIZ077-181015- Berrien- 506 AM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Light snow is expected Friday night into early Saturday with less than an inch of snow accumulation. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. INZ003-181015- La Porte- 406 AM CST Thu Feb 17 2022 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...LAKESHORE FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. Lakeshore Flood Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Lakeshore Flood Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LMZ043-046-181015- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 506 AM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters of southeastern Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory. Gale Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Gale Warning.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 17, 10:01 AM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Feb 17, 10:15 AM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1015 AM EST THU FEB 17 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 AM FLOOD 2 NW WARREN 40.71N 85.45W
02/17/2022 HUNTINGTON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
ICE JAM FLOODING OCCURRED ON THE SALAMONIE
RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF THE INTERSTATE 69 BRIDGE
AROUND MIDNIGHT. RAPID RISES CAUSED CHUNK
ICE FLOW OVER BELLEVILLE ROAD. JAM RELEASED
AROUND 3 AM.
&&
CMLocal storm report, Feb 17, 10:31 AM EST, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1031 AM EST THU FEB 17 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1013 AM FLOOD 1 ENE GEORGETOWN 41.73N 86.21W
02/17/2022 ST. JOSEPH IN TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS FLOODED ROAD WITH TRASH BINS
FLOATING. COUNTY HIGHWAY ON SCENE TO CLOSE
ROAD. WATER ESTIMATED TO BE 4 FEET DEEP.
&&Local storm report, Feb 17, 10:38 AM EST, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1038 AM EST THU FEB 17 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1037 AM HEAVY RAIN BLUFFTON 40.75N 85.17W
02/17/2022 M1.08 INCH WELLS IN PUBLIC
&&Local storm report, Feb 17, 11:15 AM EST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1115 AM EST THU FEB 17 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1114 AM FLOOD 4 SSW RIPLEY 41.05N 86.70W
02/17/2022 PULASKI IN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
MULTIPLE ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING: 225 E
BETWEEN 325 AND 400 S 100 E BETWEEN 500 AND
600 S 700 E BETWEEN 150 AND 250 S 500 E
BETWEEN 600 AND 700 N 300 E BETWEEN 200 AND
300 N 200 N BETWEEN US HWY 421 AND 1550 W
BASE RD BETWEEN 600 AND 750 S.
&&Local storm report, Feb 17, 11:18 AM EST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1118 AM EST THU FEB 17 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1115 AM FLOOD 3 ESE PLYMOUTH 41.33N 86.26W
02/17/2022 MARSHALL IN EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING: NORTH
GERMAN 7TH-KING TO JARRAH 5TH-GUMWOOD TO
HAWTHORN=CLOSED GUMWOOD-5B TO 6TH 5TH &
HAWTHORN GRAPE-4TH TO 5TH=CLOSED CENTER
BOURBON 12TH-IRONWOOD & IRIS HICKORY-12B
TO 14TH 12B-JARRAH TO HAWTHORN GUMWOOD-8TH
TO 7TH HICKORY-8TH TO 7TH 8TH-HICKORY TO FIR
8A-IRIS TO HAWTHORN & 8B 14B TO
ELM=SANDBAGS GUMWOOD TO SR10 SANDBAGS
JARRAH-12B & 14TH CLOSED 9B &
GUMWOOD FIR-30 TO 8A JUNIPER-12TH.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 10:42 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Grant, Kosciusko, Marshall and 6 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:42 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Noble | 15 days |
| Feb 16, 10:42 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 5 days |
| Feb 16, 10:42 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 59 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:42 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen | 5 days |
| Feb 16, 10:42 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 63 hr |
| Feb 17, 7:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Carroll, White | 61 min |
| Feb 17, 7:35 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 15 hr |
| Feb 17, 7:55 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Blackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells | 60 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 62 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 21 days |
| Feb 17, 8:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 3 days |
| Feb 17, 8:09 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | White | 26 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:44 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 21 days |
| Feb 17, 10:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 21 days |
| Feb 17, 10:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Noble | 4 days |
| Feb 17, 10:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 5 days |
| Feb 17, 10:37 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wabash | 21 days |
| Feb 17, 11:21 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 30 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:04 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart | 5 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 21 days |
| Feb 17, 2:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Carroll, Pulaski, White | 21 days |
| Feb 16, 10:42 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam | 4 days |
| Feb 17, 8:44 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Henry | 5 days |
| Feb 17, 8:44 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Putnam | 37 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:44 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance | 3 days |
| Feb 17, 8:44 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry | 3 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.