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River Flood Warning 168, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 14, 2026Marion County, Morgan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Aug 14, 2026, 4:19 PM EDT for Marion County, Morgan County, Indiana. It took effect at Aug 15, 2026, 1:38 AM EDT. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 14, 2026, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 15, 2026, 1:38 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 17, 2026, 11:49 AM EDT
In force: 58 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Marion County, IN, Morgan County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White River (IN) at Raymond Street in Indianapolis (INDI3). The gauge peaked at 20.45 ft at Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03353000, 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 14, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 3:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 14, 12:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 1:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 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
Aug 13, 11:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard	23 min
Aug 13, 11:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	63 min
Aug 14, 12:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry	52 min
Aug 14, 12:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	9 hr
Aug 14, 1:08 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	9 hr
Aug 14, 1:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tipton	49 min
Aug 14, 1:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Carroll	4 hr
Aug 14, 1:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Randolph	26 min
Aug 14, 1:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion and 1 more	57 min
Aug 14, 1:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Tipton	43 min
Aug 14, 1:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Tippecanoe, Warren	22 min
Aug 14, 2:12 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Tippecanoe, Warren	6 hr
Aug 14, 2:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Hamilton, Madison, Montgomery and 3 more	60 min
Aug 14, 2:35 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	6 hr
Aug 14, 2:37 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton	6 hr
Aug 14, 2:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	31 min
Aug 14, 3:32 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	5 hr
Aug 14, 3:37 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe and 1 more	5 hr
Aug 14, 4:31 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Clinton, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	19 hr
Aug 14, 4:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Randolph	4 hr
Aug 14, 4:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion	4 hr
Aug 14, 5:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion	70 hr
Aug 14, 6:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Parke	28 min
Aug 14, 7:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion, Vigo	4 hr
Aug 14, 8:06 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Parke, Tippecanoe and 2 more	4 hr
Aug 14, 8:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	53 min
Aug 14, 8:13 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Montgomery, Putnam	4 hr
Aug 14, 8:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo	31 min
Aug 14, 10:00 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph, Tipton	3 hr
Aug 14, 11:53 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison, Randolph, Tipton	6 hr
Aug 14, 11:55 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	6 hr
Aug 14, 11:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Henry, Rush, Shelby	24 hr
Aug 14, 12:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard	6 hr
Aug 14, 12:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	4 hr
Aug 14, 12:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Decatur	4 hr
Aug 14, 5:04 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	7 days
Aug 14, 5:04 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	10 days
Aug 14, 5:04 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	12 days
Aug 14, 5:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison, Randolph, Tipton	18 hr
Aug 14, 6:35 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	IND	Brown, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence and 3 more	49 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.