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River Flood Warning 115, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 17, 2024Greene County, Monroe County, Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at May 17, 2024, 6:53 AM EDT for Greene County, Monroe County, Owen County, Indiana. It took effect at May 17, 2024, 11:50 AM EDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 2024, 6:53 AM EDT (10:53 UTC)
In effect from: May 17, 2024, 11:50 AM EDT
Expired: May 19, 2024, 1:19 AM EDT
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Greene County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White River (IN) at Spencer (SPNI3). The gauge peaked at 15.46 ft at May 18, 2024, 12:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03357000, 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 16, 6:58 PM EDT, 11 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 6:58 PM EDT, 11 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 3:37 PM EDT, 15 hours 16 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 17, 1:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Clay, Owen	3 hr
May 17, 6:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Clay, Owen	3 hr
May 17, 6:42 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Johnson	26 hr
May 17, 11:48 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	12 hr
May 17, 11:48 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	66 hr
May 17, 5:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Lawrence, Martin	4 hr
May 17, 6:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	3 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.