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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 5, 2026Lawrence County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Mar 5, 2026, 12:11 PM EST for Lawrence County, Martin County, Indiana. It took effect at Mar 5, 2026, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2026, 12:11 PM EST (17:11 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 5, 2026, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 16, 2026, 11:36 AM EDT
In force
11 days
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point East Fork White River at Williams (WLLI3).

Action stage
5 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
20 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 Mar 5, 11:49 AM EST, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 11:49 AM EST, 22 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 5, 9:10 AM EST, 3 hours 1 minute before
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Local storm report, Mar 5, 12:01 PM EST, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 7:22 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings4 hr
Mar 4, 7:33 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Monroe, Shelby6 hr
Mar 4, 8:18 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings3 hr
Mar 4, 9:45 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more7 hr
Mar 4, 10:58 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew27 hr
Mar 4, 11:00 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox17 days
Mar 4, 11:19 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings15 hr
Mar 5, 1:28 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDShelby8 hr
Mar 5, 2:19 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDHancock, Marion, Shelby7 hr
Mar 5, 7:14 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Jennings, Washington16 hr
Mar 5, 8:27 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson and 3 more6 hr
Mar 5, 12:11 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin12 days
Mar 5, 12:11 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin11 days
Mar 5, 12:40 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDHenry, Rush, Shelby23 hr
Mar 5, 2:09 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Henry, Johnson, Rush and 1 more6 hr
Mar 5, 4:11 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike9 days
Mar 5, 4:23 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Randolph15 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.