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River Flood Warning 82, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Apr 5, 2023, 7:01 PM EDT for Knox County, Indiana; Lawrence County, Wabash County, Illinois. It was in force for 67 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2023, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2023, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Lawrence County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Knox County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Wabash River at Vincennes (VCNI3). The gauge peaked at 16.38 ft at Apr 6, 2023, 10:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 16 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 28 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03343010, 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 5, 6:49 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 6:49 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 5, 8:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Greene, Owen | 23 min |
| Apr 5, 8:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 8:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Decatur, Rush | 23 min |
| Apr 5, 8:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 22 min |
| Apr 5, 9:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hancock, Madison, Marion | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 10:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 10:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 10:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Vermillion | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 11:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 11:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 11:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Clinton, Montgomery | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 11:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Sullivan | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 11:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tipton | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 11:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 11:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 22 min |
| Apr 5, 12:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Clay, Greene, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam and 1 more | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Madison | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Henry, Randolph, Rush, Shelby | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Daviess, Martin | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jackson | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 3:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Sullivan | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jennings | 19 min |
| Apr 5, 7:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Martin | 8 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.