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Flood Watch 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 20, 202632 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flood watch at Jun 20, 2026, 2:58 AM EDT for 32 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jun 21, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2026, 2:58 AM EDT (06:58 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 21, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jun 22, 2026, 4:14 AM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Flood severity
None
All 32 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Jun 20, 1:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 1:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 12:23 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox10 days
Jun 20, 12:25 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox7 days

Nearby

Flood Watches in Indiana, 2026Every flood watch in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.