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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Northern Indiana

April 12, 20245 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2024, 12:26 AM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Apr 12, 2024, 1:08 AM EDT. It was in force for 67 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2024, 12:26 AM EDT (04:26 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 12, 2024, 1:08 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 14, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 67 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Blackford County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Salamonie River near Warren (WRNI3). The gauge peaked at 12.42 ft at Apr 13, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03324300, 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 11, 7:49 PM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 7:49 PM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 5:48 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	IWX		11 hr
Apr 12, 10:51 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Henry	49 hr
Apr 12, 10:51 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Williams	29 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.