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River Flood Warning 67, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 24, 2023Jackson County, Jennings County, Washington County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Mar 24, 2023, 7:45 AM EDT for Jackson County, Jennings County, Washington County, Indiana. It took effect at Mar 24, 2023, 12:05 PM EDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 24, 2023, 7:45 AM EDT (11:45 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 24, 2023, 12:05 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 25, 2023, 10:05 PM EDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River near Vernon (VRNI3).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03369500, 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 24, 6:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 6:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 6:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 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 24, 4:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Johnson	56 hr
Mar 24, 4:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Decatur, Jennings	3 hr
Mar 24, 8:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Brown, Monroe	8 hr
Mar 24, 8:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Martin	8 hr
Mar 24, 10:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	47 hr
Mar 24, 12:28 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 28 more	31 hr
Mar 24, 12:34 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	9 days
Mar 24, 12:40 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox, Posey	18 days

Nearby

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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.