Flood Warning
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Monday Evening
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Indiana... Wabash River near Bluffton IN affecting Wells County. Wabash River near Linn Grove affecting Adams and Wells Counties. For the Wabash River...including Linn Grove, Bluffton IN...Moderate flooding is forecast.
What
Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast. This approaches the flood of record.
Where
Wabash River near Linn Grove.
When
Until Monday evening.
Impacts
At 14.0 feet, Secondary roads are blocked. Roads near the east side of Geneva begin to flood. Some evacuations may be required and property needs to be transferred to higher ground.
Additional details
- At 3:45 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 11.4 feet and rising. - Bankfull stage is 10.0 feet. - Forecast...The river will rise to 14.3 feet this evening and remain nearly steady through this weekend. It will then fall below flood stage late Sunday night. - Flood stage is 11.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Detailed river forecasts and additional information can be found at www.weather.gov/iwx under Rivers and Lakes. This statement will be updated within the next 12 to 24 hours.
Affected areas
- Adams County, IN
- Wells County, IN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~28s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Q9DDPS5Y7C06QMQ8BYFPK5
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8da3320d57e53561e339ea43451e6d39420f30fa.002.1
- 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.5196
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSIWX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS83 KIWX 170858 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KIWX.FL.W.0054.000000T0000Z-260922T0120Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T21:20:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5125e7cd5eb89b06be48947298ea129e4635d21e.001.1,2026-09-16T10:32:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Adams County, IN
- Wells County, IN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018001 |
| SAME | 018179 |
| UGC | INC001 |
| UGC | INC179 |
- Polygons
- 40.69,-85.1 40.72,-85.08 40.64,-84.99 40.61,-85.02 40.69,-85.1