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River Flood Warning 162, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Aug 13, 2026, 12:22 PM EDT for Knox County, Sullivan County, Indiana; Crawford County, Lawrence County, Illinois. It took effect at Aug 15, 2026, 9:30 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2026, 12:22 PM EDT (16:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 15, 2026, 9:30 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2026, 7:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 16 days
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Crawford County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Knox County, IN, Sullivan County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Wabash River at Riverton (RVTI3).
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 26 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03342000, 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 Aug 13, 9:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 9:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Aug 13, 10:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1047 AM EDT Thu Aug 13 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0303 PM Tornado 3 NNW Bruceville 38.80N 87.44W
08/12/2026 Knox IN NWS Storm Survey
A brief EF-1 tornado with estimated peak
winds of 100 mph impacted several groves of
trees and an outbuilding. There were
multiple videos of the tornado and drone
footage showed many trees snapped along the
path.
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GMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 8:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 13 hr |
| Aug 12, 8:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 40 hr |
| Aug 12, 10:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Madison | 38 hr |
| Aug 12, 10:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Delaware | 38 hr |
| Aug 12, 10:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 11 hr |
| Aug 12, 10:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Henry | 38 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Rush | 36 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Decatur | 36 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Randolph | 36 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Jennings | 9 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo | 5 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 5 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:30 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Delaware, Fountain and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 17 days |
| Aug 13, 12:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 14 days |
| Aug 13, 12:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 6 days |
| Aug 13, 1:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion | 66 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 66 min |
| Aug 13, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 59 min |
| Aug 13, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Monroe | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 4:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Clay, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 19 min |
| Aug 13, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 57 min |
| Aug 13, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo | 51 min |
| Aug 13, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 58 min |
| Aug 13, 5:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Clay, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Owen and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jennings | 60 min |
| Aug 13, 5:54 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 11 days |
| Aug 13, 5:54 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 10 days |
| Aug 13, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Bartholomew | 60 min |
| Aug 13, 6:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Lawrence | 55 min |
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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.