Flash Flood Warning
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 215 PM EDT This Afternoon For Adams, Huntington, Wells And Southwestern Van Wert Counties
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
At 1001 AM EDT, Radar indicates that between 2 and 5 inches of rain have fallen since last night. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area as heavier showers and thunderstorms move in from the west. Flash flooding is already occurring.
Hazard
Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding.
Source
Emergency management reported.
Impacts
Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Huntington, Bluffton, Decatur, Berne, Ossian, Geneva, Andrews, Markle, Monroe, Lancaster, Preble, Nottingham, Zanesville, Willshire, Uniondale, Wren, Poneto, Vera Cruz, Murray and North Oaks.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Adams County, IN
- Huntington County, IN
- Wells County, IN
- Van Wert County, OH
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~18s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2QTQXKFXJXRHQTETXQA3810
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5ce3afdc8f40b6b72f4c5aace0d944da2fe48518.001.1
- 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.2898
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFS |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFSIWX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS73 KIWX 171401 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ADAMS, HUNTINGTON, WELLS AND SOUTHWESTERN VAN WERT COUNTIES |
| flashFloodDetection | OBSERVED |
| flashFloodDamageThreat | CONSIDERABLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-260917T1815Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T14:15:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Adams County, IN
- Huntington County, IN
- Wells County, IN
- Van Wert County, OH
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018001 |
| SAME | 018069 |
| SAME | 018179 |
| SAME | 039161 |
| UGC | INC001 |
| UGC | INC069 |
| UGC | INC179 |
| UGC | OHC161 |
- Polygons
- 40.92,-85.34 40.92,-85.23 40.89,-85.08 40.83,-84.81 40.74,-84.67 40.73,-84.68 40.73,-84.8 40.57,-84.8 40.57,-85.2 40.69,-85.38 40.77,-85.64 40.99,-85.64 40.94,-85.34 40.92,-85.34