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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 15, 2024Parke County, Vermillion County, Vigo County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Mar 15, 2024, 11:33 AM EDT for Parke County, Vermillion County, Vigo County, Indiana. It took effect at Mar 16, 2024, 9:12 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2024, 11:33 AM EDT (15:33 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 16, 2024, 9:12 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 20, 2024, 12:00 PM EDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wabash River at Montezuma (MTZI3). The gauge peaked at 13.30 ft at Mar 17, 2024, 9:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03340500, 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 15, 9:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 9:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 2:40 AM EDT, 8 hours 53 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison43 min
Mar 14, 8:03 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatINDRandolph22 min
Mar 14, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Madison37 min
Mar 14, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Montgomery, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vigo28 min
Mar 14, 8:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Hamilton3 hr
Mar 14, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion24 min
Mar 14, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMarion34 min
Mar 14, 8:29 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHenry31 min
Mar 14, 8:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDClay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vigo3 hr
Mar 14, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Morgan38 min
Mar 14, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo34 min
Mar 14, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion, Morgan27 min
Mar 14, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDOwen44 min
Mar 14, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan38 min
Mar 14, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Putnam41 min
Mar 14, 8:57 PM EDTTornado WarningINDMonroe, Owen19 min
Mar 14, 9:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDClay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam3 hr
Mar 14, 9:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHenry, Madison, Randolph3 hr
Mar 14, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan31 min
Mar 14, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Owen, Sullivan56 min
Mar 14, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatINDJohnson, Shelby28 min
Mar 14, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox60 min
Mar 14, 9:40 PM EDTTornado WarningINDKnox35 min
Mar 14, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Rush, Shelby12 min
Mar 14, 10:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan3 hr
Mar 14, 10:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe38 min
Mar 14, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin34 min
Mar 14, 10:33 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Martin27 min
Mar 14, 10:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDJackson, Jennings51 min
Mar 14, 11:31 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Randolph16 hr
Mar 15, 11:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren5 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.