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River Flood Warning 100, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 27, 2026Delaware County, Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at May 27, 2026, 2:07 PM EDT for Delaware County, Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2026, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2026, 12:41 AM EDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Delaware County, IN, Randolph County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississinewa River at Ridgeville (RIDI3). The gauge peaked at 10.68 ft at May 27, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03325519, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at May 27, 11:11 AM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 11:11 AM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 3:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Jackson	3 hr
May 27, 4:08 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Jackson	4 hr
May 27, 9:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Parke, Putnam	9 hr
May 27, 2:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Hancock, Marion, Rush, Shelby	6 hr
May 27, 2:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Hendricks, Johnson, Morgan, Putnam	5 hr
May 27, 3:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings, Shelby	3 hr
May 27, 7:44 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Johnson	23 hr

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.