Flood Warning
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect From This Afternoon To Saturday 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... Ohio... Wabash River near Bluffton IN affecting Wells County. Saint Marys River near Decatur affecting Van Wert, Adams and Allen IN Counties. Saint Marys River at St. Mary's River near Fort Wayne affecting Allen IN County. Wabash River near Linn Grove affecting Adams and Wells Counties. ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Indiana... Wabash River at Wabash affecting Miami, Wabash and Cass IN Counties. 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 afternoon to Saturday evening.
Impacts
At 14.0 feet, Lowland flooding begins in rural Wabash County.
Additional details
- At 11:30 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 13.2 feet. - Bankfull stage is 11.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this afternoon 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
- ~1m10s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2R3C5EGJ62CNA0BF57KP5S6
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2ebba3d60c99baaacf6719e5538dd8c5bfa8397d.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.6356
- 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 | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSIWX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS83 KIWX 171631 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KIWX.FL.W.0056.260917T2112Z-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 40.7,-86.18