Flood Warning
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect From This Evening To Saturday Evening
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Indiana...Ohio... Wabash River at Wabash affecting Cass IN, Miami and Wabash Counties. Saint Marys River near Decatur affecting Adams, Allen IN and Van Wert Counties. Saint Marys River at St. Mary's River near Fort Wayne affecting Allen IN County. For the Wabash River...including Linn Grove, Bluffton IN, Wabash, Logansport...Moderate flooding is forecast. For the Saint Marys River...including Decatur, St. Mary's River near Fort Wayne...Moderate flooding is forecast.
What
Minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Wabash River at Wabash.
When
From this evening to Saturday evening.
Impacts
At 14.0 feet, Lowland flooding begins in rural Wabash County.
Additional details
- At 9:30 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 11.9 feet. - Bankfull stage is 11.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this evening to a crest of 15.3 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow evening. - Flood stage is 14.0 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
- Cass County, IN
- Miami County, IN
- Wabash County, IN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~55s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2QV5VZ4TKP4YY9QXBRR4G2T
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f54e36b17de3b359d953a76f6603d34d2d904d09.002.1
- 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.3010
- 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 | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWIWX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS43 KIWX 171408 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO SATURDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KIWX.FL.W.0056.260917T2321Z-260920T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Cass County, IN
- Miami County, IN
- Wabash County, IN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018017 |
| SAME | 018103 |
| SAME | 018169 |
| UGC | INC017 |
| UGC | INC103 |
| UGC | INC169 |
- Polygons
- 40.7,-86.18 40.78,-86.19 40.86,-85.7 40.81,-85.68 40.78,-85.82 40.7,-86.18