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River Flood Warning 78, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 6, 2025Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Apr 6, 2025, 9:00 AM EDT for Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2025, 9:00 AM EDT (13:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2025, 2:16 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:03 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 Big Raccoon Creek near Fincastle (FINI3).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03340800, 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 Apr 5, 7:00 PM EDT, 14 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 7:00 PM EDT, 14 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 3:35 PM EDT, 17 hours 25 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
335 PM EDT Sat Apr 5 2025

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Carroll-Warren-Tippecanoe-Clinton-Howard-Fountain-Montgomery-Boone-
Tipton-Hamilton-Madison-Delaware-Randolph-Vermillion-Parke-Putnam-
Hendricks-Marion-Hancock-Henry-Vigo-Clay-Owen-Morgan-Johnson-Shelby-
Rush-Sullivan-Greene-Monroe-Brown-Bartholomew-Decatur-Knox-Daviess-
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335 PM EDT Sat Apr 5 2025

This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana.

.DAY ONE...Through Tonight.

More rounds of heavy rain through tonight will lead to additional
flooding or prolonging existing flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Significant river flooding is expected to develop this weekend and
continue through most of next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to send reports of flooding. Spotter
activation may be needed later today.

&&

More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate
information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 10:15 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Howard	29 hr
Apr 5, 10:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IND	Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby	61 hr
Apr 6, 2:55 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more	24 hr

Nearby

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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.