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River Flood Warning 60, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 3, 2024Gibson County, Knox County, Posey County, Indiana; 4 counties in Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Apr 3, 2024, 11:06 AM CDT for Gibson County, Knox County, Posey County, Indiana; 4 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Apr 5, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2024, 11:06 AM CDT (16:06 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 5, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 4, 2024, 11:38 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Edwards County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Wabash County, IL, White County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Posey County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wabash River at Mount Carmel (MCRI2). The gauge peaked at 16.13 ft at Apr 5, 2024, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03377500, 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 2, 6:16 PM CDT, 16 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 6:16 PM CDT, 16 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 6:33 PM CDT, 16 hours 33 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
Apr 2, 9:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Howard	24 hr
Apr 3, 5:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Johnson	28 hr
Apr 3, 5:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Owen	23 hr
Apr 3, 10:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	6 days
Apr 3, 10:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	18 days
Apr 3, 10:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox	19 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.