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River Flood Warning 131, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 14, 20245 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Jul 14, 2024, 9:57 AM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jul 15, 2024, 9:42 AM EDT. It was in force for 56 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 2024, 9:57 AM EDT (13:57 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 15, 2024, 9:42 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 17, 2024, 5:37 PM EDT
In force: 56 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wabash River at Lafayette (LAFI3).

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03335500, 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 Jul 14, 9:53 AM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 9:53 AM EDT, 4 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
Jul 13, 8:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Rush	25 min
Jul 14, 9:57 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe, White	64 hr
Jul 14, 11:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Carroll	35 min
Jul 14, 12:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Howard, Tipton	67 min
Jul 14, 12:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton	41 min
Jul 14, 1:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	38 min
Jul 14, 1:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone	31 min
Jul 14, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Delaware, Madison	46 min
Jul 14, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hancock, Henry, Marion	39 min
Jul 14, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Randolph	49 min
Jul 14, 2:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Johnson, Rush, Shelby	52 min
Jul 14, 2:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Hancock, Marion	3 hr
Jul 14, 3:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Rush, Shelby	3 hr
Jul 14, 4:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Decatur	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2024 Every river flood warning in 2024

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.