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River Flood Warning 175, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 17, 2026Gibson County, Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Aug 17, 2026, 11:07 AM CDT for Gibson County, Knox County, Indiana. It took effect at Aug 19, 2026, 9:24 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 2026, 11:07 AM CDT (16:07 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 19, 2026, 9:24 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 27, 2026, 8:35 PM CDT
In force
8 days
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Gibson County, IN, Knox County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White River (IN) at Hazleton (HAZI3).

Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 16, 6:15 PM CDT, 16 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 6:15 PM CDT, 16 hours 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 1:23 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningINDRandolph17 hr
Aug 17, 2:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox13 days

Nearby

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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.