Flood Warning
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Thursday Afternoon
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Indiana... Wabash River near Bluffton IN affecting Wells County. Saint Marys River at St. Mary's River near Fort Wayne affecting Allen IN County. ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Indiana... Ohio... Saint Marys River near Decatur affecting Van Wert, Allen IN and Adams Counties. Wabash River near Linn Grove affecting Wells and Adams Counties. For the Wabash River...including Linn Grove, Bluffton IN...Moderate flooding is forecast. For the Saint Marys River...including Decatur, St. Mary's River near Fort Wayne...Moderate flooding is forecast.
What
Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast.
Where
Saint Marys River near Decatur.
When
Until Thursday afternoon.
Impacts
At 23.5 feet, Many east side city streets and county roads are flooded. Evacuation of east side residents near Bellmont High School becomes necessary.
Additional details
- At 8:55 PM EDT Friday the stage was 23.4 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 8:55 PM EDT Friday was 23.4 feet. - Forecast...The river will rise to 23.9 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall Sunday morning. It will rise to 20.7 feet early Monday afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage Wednesday afternoon. - Flood stage is 17.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. 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
- Allen County, IN
- Van Wert County, OH
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
- 01M2VM3T34JRQJGPDSR3B9YK28
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4a8e83f72397a654392e3fbbc31ba82821b3d8f5.002.1
- 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.2118
- 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
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSIWX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS83 KIWX 190122 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KIWX.FL.W.0057.000000T0000Z-260924T1942Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T15:42:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.990e982456b2d6918a2726e205cc12cfec16e1d3.001.1,2026-09-17T21:46:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2ebba3d60c99baaacf6719e5538dd8c5bfa8397d.003.1,2026-09-17T12:31:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f54e36b17de3b359d953a76f6603d34d2d904d09.001.1,2026-09-17T10:08:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Adams County, IN
- Allen County, IN
- Van Wert County, OH
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018001 |
| SAME | 018003 |
| SAME | 039161 |
| UGC | INC001 |
| UGC | INC003 |
| UGC | OHC161 |
- Polygons
- 40.93,-85.06 40.94,-85.04 40.84,-84.91 40.82,-84.94 40.93,-85.06