Flood Warning
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Remains 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 minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Wabash River near Bluffton IN.
When
Until Monday evening.
Impacts
At 13.0 feet, Access road to Bluffton wastewater treatment plant is flooded.
Additional details
- At 5:45 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 11.7 feet and rising. - Bankfull stage is 8.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 12.6 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage Sunday evening. - Flood stage is 10.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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. 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
- Wells County, IN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~58s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2QEDN7283S94XQ2X37N9PKC
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.783622cb3e0ded1f53c5db6c69f36570c46e9b12.001.1
- 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.7529
- 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
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSIWX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS83 KIWX 171025 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KIWX.FL.W.0055.000000T0000Z-260922T0045Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T20:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5125e7cd5eb89b06be48947298ea129e4635d21e.002.1,2026-09-16T10:32:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Wells County, IN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018179 |
| UGC | INC179 |
- Polygons
- 40.8,-85.33 40.83,-85.33 40.78,-85.12 40.72,-85.08 40.69,-85.11 40.8,-85.33