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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 20, 2025Lawrence County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Mar 20, 2025, 5:57 AM EDT for Lawrence County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 20, 2025, 5:57 AM EDT (09:57 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 2025, 12:52 PM EDT
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point East Fork White River at Rivervale (BEDI3). The gauge peaked at 20.56 ft at Mar 20, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
30 ft
Major stage
35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03371500, 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 20, 2:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 2:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 20, 12:06 AM EDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 20, 12:26 AM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Martin45 min
Mar 19, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam25 min
Mar 19, 8:13 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence16 min
Mar 19, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Shelby32 min
Mar 19, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison, Tipton30 min
Mar 19, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton29 min
Mar 19, 8:40 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew20 min
Mar 19, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings27 min
Mar 19, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Vermillion and 2 more25 min
Mar 19, 8:57 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedINDBartholomew, Decatur18 min
Mar 19, 9:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMontgomery, Parke52 min
Mar 19, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby50 min
Mar 19, 9:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings49 min
Mar 19, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Jennings42 min
Mar 19, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe35 min
Mar 19, 9:28 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Rush17 min
Mar 19, 9:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDBoone, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton33 min
Mar 19, 10:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHamilton, Hancock, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan and 1 more41 min
Mar 19, 10:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware33 min
Mar 19, 11:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDecatur32 min

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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.