Flood Warning
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Late Wednesday Night
- 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
Wabash River near Bluffton IN.
When
Until late Wednesday night.
Impacts
At 14.0 feet, Flooding begins to affect residential areas in northern Bluffton. Low areas near the wastewater treatment plant begin to flood. Portions of Elm Grove Road and County Road 450 begin to flood.
Additional details
- At 8:45 PM EDT Friday the stage was 14.9 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 8:45 PM EDT Friday was 15.5 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage early Wednesday morning and continue falling to 9.0 feet Wednesday evening. - Flood stage is 10.0 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
- Wells County, IN
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
- 01M2VM3T971C716QWE4SNCT57J
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4a8e83f72397a654392e3fbbc31ba82821b3d8f5.003.1
- 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.2120
- 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
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- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
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- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
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- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
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- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
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- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
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- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
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- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
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- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
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Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSIWX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS83 KIWX 190122 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KIWX.FL.W.0055.000000T0000Z-260924T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T02:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
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Locations
Location data
- Wells County, IN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018179 |
| UGC | INC179 |
- Polygons
- 40.8,-85.33 40.83,-85.33 40.78,-85.12 40.72,-85.08 40.69,-85.11 40.8,-85.33