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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Northern Indiana

January 27, 2024Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Jan 27, 2024, 9:26 PM EST for Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan. It took effect at Jan 28, 2024, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 2024, 9:26 PM EST (02:26 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 28, 2024, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 29, 2024, 8:30 PM EST
In force
38 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Elkhart County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Berrien County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 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 St. Joseph River (MI/IN) at South Bend (SBNI3). The gauge peaked at 5.40 ft at Jan 29, 2024, 3:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
4.5 ft
Minor stage
5.5 ft
Moderate stage
8 ft
Major stage
9 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04101225, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 9:26 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke3 days
Jan 27, 9:26 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXElkhart6 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2024River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 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.