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River Flood Warning 40, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 4, 2023Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Mar 4, 2023, 6:07 PM EST for Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 4, 2023, 6:07 PM EST (23:07 UTC)
Expired: Mar 5, 2023, 11:37 AM EST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mill Creek (IN) near Cataract (CATI3). The gauge peaked at 16.45 ft at Mar 4, 2023, 8:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03358000, 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 Mar 4, 5:58 PM EST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 5:58 PM EST, 9 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
Mar 3, 8:08 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Jennings, Washington	16 hr
Mar 3, 10:49 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin and 5 more	16 hr
Mar 3, 10:52 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson and 2 more	16 hr
Mar 3, 10:54 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam and 1 more	16 hr
Mar 3, 10:56 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion and 1 more	16 hr
Mar 4, 11:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Owen	6 hr
Mar 4, 11:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	24 hr
Mar 4, 11:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Howard	7 hr
Mar 4, 11:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Johnson	32 hr
Mar 4, 11:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew	26 hr
Mar 4, 11:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	34 hr
Mar 4, 11:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Johnson	21 days
Mar 4, 11:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	7 days
Mar 4, 11:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson	37 hr
Mar 4, 11:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	8 days
Mar 4, 1:46 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	22 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.