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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Northern Indiana

April 1, 2024LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Starke County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 1, 2024, 9:09 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Starke County, Indiana. It took effect at Apr 2, 2024, 8:30 AM CDT. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 2024, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 2, 2024, 8:30 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 2, 2024, 9:38 AM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties LaPorte County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Kankakee River at Davis (DAVI3). The gauge peaked at 9.67 ft at Apr 2, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
12 ft
Major stage
13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05515500, 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 1, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 3:12 AM CDT, 17 hours 57 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
412 AM EDT Mon Apr 1 2024

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Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Starke-Pulaski-Marshall-
Fulton IN-Whitley-Allen IN-White-Cass IN-Miami-Wabash-Huntington-
Wells-Adams-Grant-Blackford-Jay-Northern La Porte-
Eastern St. Joseph IN-Northern Kosciusko-Southern La Porte-
Western St. Joseph IN-Southern Kosciusko-Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-
Branch-Hillsdale-Northern Berrien-Southern Berrien-Williams-
Fulton OH-Defiance-Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH-
412 AM EDT Mon Apr 1 2024 /312 AM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana, southwest
Michigan and northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Additional rainfall is expected this afternoon into tonight, which
may cause ponding of water in low and poor drainage areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Rises are expected in many rivers through the week with minor
flooding possible.

A few strong storms are possible southeast of a Peru to Decatur to
Ottawa line Tuesday afternoon.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LMZ043-020815-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-
412 AM EDT Mon Apr 1 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TUESDAY TO 2 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters of
southeastern Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Small Craft Advisory.
   Gale Watch.

Minor lakeshore flooding and beach erosion is possible Wednesday into
Thursday.

LMZ046-020815-
Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
412 AM EDT Mon Apr 1 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 2 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters of
southeastern Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Small Craft Advisory.
   Gale Watch.

Minor lakeshore flooding and beach erosion is possible Wednesday into
Thursday.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 3:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXWells5 days
Apr 2, 3:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXJay41 hr
Apr 2, 3:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXBlackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells65 hr
Apr 2, 3:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen, Huntington, Wabash54 hr
Apr 2, 4:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAdams, Allen21 days
Apr 2, 9:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXCass, Miami, Wabash21 hr
Apr 2, 9:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb21 days
Apr 2, 9:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXMarshall, Saint Joseph, Starke70 hr
Apr 2, 9:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke21 days
Apr 2, 10:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen5 days
Apr 2, 10:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen3 days
Apr 2, 12:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXJay26 min
Apr 2, 5:45 PM CDTFlood WatchIWXWhite16 hr
Apr 1, 9:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXDefiance, Fulton, Williams7 days
Apr 2, 10:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen, Paulding, Putnam58 hr
Apr 2, 10:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXDefiance, Henry4 days
Apr 2, 10:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXHenry63 hr
Apr 2, 10:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXPutnam4 days
Apr 2, 10:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningIWXWilliams21 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2024Every 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.