Flood Warning
NWS Northern Indiana ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect From Monday Afternoon To Wednesday 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... Wabash River near Bluffton IN affecting Wells County. Wabash River near Linn Grove affecting Wells and Adams Counties. 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... Kankakee River at Davis affecting Starke, La Porte and St. Joseph Counties. Saint Marys River near Decatur affecting Allen IN, Adams and Van Wert Counties. For the Wabash River...including Linn Grove, Bluffton IN...Minor flooding is forecast. For the Kankakee River...including Davis...Minor 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
Kankakee River at Davis.
When
From Monday afternoon to Wednesday evening.
Impacts
At 10.0 feet, Flooding of low lying agricultural areas begins.
Additional details
- At 9:00 PM EDT /8:00 PM CDT/ Sunday the stage was 8.3 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage early tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 10.3 feet early Tuesday morning. It will then fall below flood stage Tuesday 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
- La Porte, IN
- St. Joseph County, IN
- Starke County, IN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~53s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M30VGGBHT9R7CXGP4W4GFGD0
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.862c5efc3d9026db5e767ab5555987deccf5a848.005.1
- 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.3165
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSIWX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS83 KIWX 210207 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KIWX.FL.W.0059.260921T1800Z-260924T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-23T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- La Porte, IN
- St. Joseph County, IN
- Starke County, IN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018091 |
| SAME | 018141 |
| SAME | 018149 |
| UGC | INC091 |
| UGC | INC141 |
| UGC | INC149 |
- Polygons
- 41.45,-86.67 41.44,-86.61 41.3,-86.73 41.31,-86.79 41.43,-86.7 41.45,-86.67