Flood Warning
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Thursday 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 is extended for the following rivers in Indiana...Ohio... Wabash River near Bluffton IN affecting Wells County. Saint Marys River at St. Mary's River near Fort Wayne affecting Allen IN County. Saint Marys River near Decatur affecting Allen IN, Adams and Van Wert Counties. ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Indiana... Wabash River near Linn Grove affecting Wells and Adams 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 minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Saint Marys River at St. Mary's River near Fort Wayne.
When
Until Thursday evening.
Impacts
At 15.0 feet, Flooding occurs on the lowest unprotected city streets, park drives and county roads.
Additional details
- At 10:30 AM EDT Saturday the stage was 14.8 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 16.4 feet tomorrow evening. It will then fall below flood stage Wednesday 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. 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
- Allen County, IN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~35s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2X2W2KV5B3FGVGKSS372X94
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7f84743e3159810e0519183ec5101a7c3e239e03.001.1
- 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.4138
- 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
- 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 191459 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KIWX.FL.W.0058.000000T0000Z-260925T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2c29313d0bec875058915660d40bae328b26eb5a.004.1,2026-09-18T13:20:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.90c5b6a8ace3d087368fc2ef5ab6215adec3aa3c.004.1,2026-09-18T12:46:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.78c746fce3415d3ae7aebc3b5b19bc7d7ffa669d.001.1,2026-09-18T11:09:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8b21a7ee8596585dc9769812ed63a536e75495a2.003.1,2026-09-18T02:06:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.990e982456b2d6918a2726e205cc12cfec16e1d3.002.1,2026-09-17T21:46:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2ebba3d60c99baaacf6719e5538dd8c5bfa8397d.004.1,2026-09-17T12:31:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f54e36b17de3b359d953a76f6603d34d2d904d09.003.1,2026-09-17T10:08:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Allen County, IN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018003 |
| UGC | INC003 |
- Polygons
- 41.04,-85.18 41.09,-85.16 41.09,-85.12 41.04,-85.14 40.94,-85.04 40.93,-85.06 41.04,-85.18