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River Flood Warning 182, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 20, 2026Clinton County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Aug 20, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT for Clinton County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 20, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT (14:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2026, 10:34 PM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Clinton County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Wildcat Creek near Lafayette (SFWI3).

Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03334500, 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 20, 9:38 AM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 9:38 AM EDT, 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 8:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Rush41 min
Aug 19, 8:37 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe4 hr
Aug 19, 9:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDDelaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph5 hr
Aug 19, 9:35 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDWarren100 min
Aug 19, 10:19 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke3 hr
Aug 19, 10:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHamilton112 min
Aug 19, 10:45 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDHamilton, Marion107 min
Aug 19, 11:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDClay, Hendricks, Morgan, Parke, Putnam16 hr
Aug 19, 11:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHancock, Johnson, Rush, Shelby16 hr
Aug 19, 11:13 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDClinton69 min
Aug 19, 11:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren63 min
Aug 20, 12:15 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDClinton, Tippecanoe6 hr
Aug 20, 12:32 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHamilton, Marion14 hr
Aug 20, 12:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDParke4 hr
Aug 20, 12:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDClay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo44 min
Aug 20, 12:49 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDMadison7 hr
Aug 20, 12:56 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDClay, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo4 hr
Aug 20, 1:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo33 min
Aug 20, 1:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Morgan, Owen, Putnam, Sullivan and 1 more37 min
Aug 20, 1:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam51 min
Aug 20, 2:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Greene, Hendricks, Johnson, Lawrence, Marion and 3 more36 min
Aug 20, 2:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDBartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 10 more60 min
Aug 20, 2:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Putnam6 hr
Aug 20, 3:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Jennings, Rush, Shelby28 min
Aug 20, 3:44 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDTippecanoe34 hr
Aug 20, 3:44 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren44 hr
Aug 20, 4:16 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHamilton3 hr
Aug 20, 4:36 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDMartin3 hr
Aug 20, 8:44 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDHamilton26 hr
Aug 20, 9:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen28 hr
Aug 20, 9:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan38 hr
Aug 20, 9:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen8 hr
Aug 20, 12:34 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington3 days
Aug 20, 2:33 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDRush12 hr
Aug 20, 6:31 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Johnson, Shelby27 hr

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.