Flash Flood Warning
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 17 At 4:49AM EDT Until September 17 At 7:45AM EDT By NWS Northern Indiana
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWIWX The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Adams County in northeastern Indiana... Huntington County in northeastern Indiana... Wells County in northeastern Indiana... * Until 745 AM EDT. * At 449 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen on already saturated ground. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Huntington, Bluffton, Decatur, Berne, Ossian, Geneva, Andrews, Markle, Monroe, Lancaster, Preble, Nottingham, Zanesville, Uniondale, Poneto, Vera Cruz, North Oaks, Murray, Kingsland and Travisville.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law enforcement and request they pass this information to the National Weather Service when you can do so safely.
Affected areas
- Adams County, IN
- Huntington County, IN
- Wells County, IN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m4s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Q8Y1CTS0P2MK7EDRH7QVK1
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5910d5fbe5fda650ada76f022eb98cf4e66466aa.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.4933
- 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 | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWIWX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS53 KIWX 170849 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0013.260917T0849Z-260917T1145Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T07:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Adams County, IN
- Huntington County, IN
- Wells County, IN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018001 |
| SAME | 018069 |
| SAME | 018179 |
| UGC | INC001 |
| UGC | INC069 |
| UGC | INC179 |
- Polygons
- 40.92,-85.34 40.92,-85.26 40.9,-85.17 40.9,-85.16 40.88,-85.02 40.81,-84.81 40.62,-84.8 40.57,-84.8 40.57,-85.2 40.67,-85.34 40.74,-85.49 40.77,-85.64 40.99,-85.64 40.93,-85.34 40.92,-85.34