Flood Watch
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
Details
Flood Watch In Effect From Midnight EDT Tonight Through Thursday Afternoon
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. Isolated areas of flash flooding also possible.
Where
A portion of northern Indiana, including the following counties, Adams, Blackford, Grant, Jay and Wells.
When
From midnight EDT tonight through 2 pm EDT Thursday.
Impacts
Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Flash flooding could occur in some areas.
Additional details
- One to as much as five inches of rain has fallen across the watch area. Additional amounts of one to two inches, with higher amounts, are possible overnight into Thursday morning. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
Affected areas
- Wells County, IN
- Adams County, IN
- Grant County, IN
- Blackford County, IN
- Jay County, IN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~38s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2NTG8AZ91B1KMXCWBBEAZ4R
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d81bb7d3b848c1e8dedbfabb7c48bc78d1e3ba15.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Northern Indiana
- AWIPS ID
- CAPIWX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2207
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFAIWX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS63 KIWX 161918 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KIWX.FA.A.0010.260917T0400Z-260917T1800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T14:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Wells County, IN
- Adams County, IN
- Grant County, IN
- Blackford County, IN
- Jay County, IN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018179 |
| SAME | 018001 |
| SAME | 018053 |
| SAME | 018009 |
| SAME | 018075 |
| UGC | INZ026 |
| UGC | INZ027 |
| UGC | INZ032 |
| UGC | INZ033 |
| UGC | INZ034 |