Flood Warning

NWS Northern Indiana · US

Updated

Details

Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until Saturday Morning

Event: Flood Warning
Issued: 2026-09-21 18:22:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-21 18:22:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-22 12:30:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-26 12:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Response: Avoid

Description

Overview

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Indiana... Ohio... Saint Marys River at St. Mary's River near Fort Wayne affecting Allen IN County. Saint Marys River near Decatur affecting Van Wert, Adams and Allen IN Counties. Wabash River near Bluffton IN affecting Wells County. Wabash River near Linn Grove affecting Wells and Adams Counties. For the Wabash River...including Linn Grove, Bluffton IN, Wabash, Logansport...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 occurring and minor flooding is forecast. This approaches the flood of record.

Where

Wabash River near Linn Grove.

When

Until Saturday morning.

Impacts

At 14.0 feet, Secondary roads are blocked. Roads near the east side of Geneva begin to flood. Some evacuations may be required and property needs to be transferred to higher ground.

Additional details

- At 1:45 PM EDT Monday the stage was 13.5 feet. - Bankfull stage is 10.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 1:45 PM EDT Monday was 13.9 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage Friday morning and continue falling to 9.0 feet Saturday 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. 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
Wells County, IN

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Northern Indiana
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-21 18:22:43 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~43s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M32K9FQB7T0H4HF46AX0F9KN
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9ddbbeb7083266a5e4ea36fff33c4fed9439c6b9.004.1
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.585
WMO heading: XOUS53
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 53

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Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	FLS
NationalWeatherService	FLW

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	FLSIWX
WMOidentifier	WGUS83 KIWX 211822
NWSheadline	FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
EAS-ORG	WXR
VTEC	/O.CON.KIWX.FL.W.0054.000000T0000Z-260926T1200Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-26T08:00:00-04:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
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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