Flood Warning
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until Tuesday Morning
- 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 occurring and moderate flooding is forecast. This approaches the flood of record.
Where
Wabash River near Linn Grove.
When
Until Tuesday morning.
Impacts
At 15.0 feet, The 100 year flood level is exceeded. Highway 1050 S in Adams County east of Geneva begins to flood.
Additional details
- At 11:45 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 13.8 feet. - Bankfull stage is 10.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 11:45 AM EDT Thursday was 13.8 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 14.9 feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage Monday morning. - Flood stage is 11.0 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
- Adams County, IN
- Wells 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
- 01M2R3C5PPRBT3XDHYT2ZMEBMZ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2ebba3d60c99baaacf6719e5538dd8c5bfa8397d.005.1
- 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.6359
- 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
- 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 171631 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KIWX.FL.W.0054.000000T0000Z-260922T1240Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T08:40:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5125e7cd5eb89b06be48947298ea129e4635d21e.001.1,2026-09-16T10:32:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Adams County, IN
- Wells County, IN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018001 |
| SAME | 018179 |
| UGC | INC001 |
| UGC | INC179 |
- Polygons
- 40.69,-85.1 40.72,-85.08 40.64,-84.99 40.61,-85.02 40.69,-85.1