Flood Warning
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Tuesday Morning
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Indiana... Wabash River near Bluffton IN affecting Wells County. For the Wabash River...including Linn Grove, Bluffton IN, Wabash, Logansport...Moderate flooding is forecast.
What
Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast.
Where
Wabash River near Bluffton IN.
When
Until Tuesday morning.
Impacts
At 16.0 feet, The outlying portion of West Washington Street becomes impassible and SR 116 west of Bluffton begins to flood.
Additional details
- At 7:45 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 13.2 feet. - Bankfull stage is 8.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 7:45 AM EDT Thursday was 13.2 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 15.6 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage late Monday morning. - 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
- ~25s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2QNA6N9FDYXN69JV9RCW0K7
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1aca805370de1d46a25f683e9c678f69b476a705.001.1
- 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.549
- 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
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWIWX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS43 KIWX 171226 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KIWX.FL.W.0055.000000T0000Z-260922T1434Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T10:34:00-04:00 |
| 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