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River Flood Warning 121, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 27, 2024Daviess County, Greene County, Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at May 27, 2024, 12:26 PM EDT for Daviess County, Greene County, Knox County, Indiana. It took effect at May 28, 2024, 3:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2024, 12:26 PM EDT (16:26 UTC)
In effect from: May 28, 2024, 3:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 30, 2024, 4:24 PM EDT
In force: 49 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White River (IN) at Elliston (ELLI3).

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 27, 9:23 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 9:23 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 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 26, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Knox	35 min
May 26, 8:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Knox	35 min
May 26, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess	30 min
May 26, 9:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess	37 min
May 26, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan	45 min
May 26, 9:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Martin	31 min
May 26, 9:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	33 min
May 26, 10:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin	3 hr
May 26, 10:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Brown, Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence and 6 more	48 min
May 26, 10:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin	15 min
May 26, 10:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Greene, Knox, Sullivan	3 hr
May 26, 10:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	3 hr
May 26, 10:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Morgan	25 min
May 26, 10:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Owen	23 min
May 26, 10:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Brown, Monroe, Morgan	16 min
May 26, 11:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Decatur	23 min
May 26, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Marion	30 min
May 26, 11:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, Shelby	29 min
May 26, 11:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Monroe	95 min
May 26, 11:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Marion	117 min
May 26, 11:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Rush	8 min
May 27, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	4 days
May 27, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	62 hr
May 27, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox	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.