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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Mar 5, 2026, 4:23 PM EST for Delaware County, Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2026, 4:23 PM EST (21:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2026, 7:27 AM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Delaware County, IN, Randolph County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Mississinewa River at Ridgeville (RIDI3). The gauge peaked at 10.32 ft at Mar 5, 2026, 6:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 7 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 12 ft
- Major stage
- 15 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03325519, 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, 3:28 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 3:28 PM EST, 55 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 4, 7:22 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 4 hr |
| Mar 4, 7:33 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Monroe, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 8:18 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 3 hr |
| Mar 4, 9:45 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:58 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 27 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:00 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 17 days |
| Mar 4, 11:19 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 15 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:28 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 8 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:19 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion, Shelby | 7 hr |
| Mar 5, 7:14 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings, Washington | 16 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:27 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 12:11 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 11 days |
| Mar 5, 12:11 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 12 days |
| Mar 5, 12:11 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 11 days |
| Mar 5, 12:40 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Henry, Rush, Shelby | 23 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:09 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Henry, Johnson, Rush and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:11 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike | 9 days |
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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.