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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 16, 2025Jackson County, Jennings County, Washington County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Feb 16, 2025, 4:00 AM EST for Jackson County, Jennings County, Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 16, 2025, 4:00 AM EST (09:00 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2025, 1:15 PM EST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River near Vernon (VRNI3). The gauge peaked at 20.17 ft at Feb 16, 2025, 8:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03369500, 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 Feb 16, 2:55 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 2:55 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 16, 2:09 AM EST, 1 hour 51 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
Feb 16, 1:20 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Daviess, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Martin	5 hr
Feb 16, 4:00 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	70 hr
Feb 16, 9:40 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Martin	12 hr
Feb 16, 12:10 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	8 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2025 Every river flood warning in 2025

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.