Alert archive / Indiana / River Flood Warnings in 2026

River Flood Warning 37, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 27, 2026Delaware County, Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Mar 27, 2026, 6:25 AM EDT for Delaware County, Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2026, 6:25 AM EDT (10:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2026, 9:32 AM EDT
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

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 10:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Mississinewa River at Ridgeville (RIDI3). The gauge peaked at 13.18 ft at Mar 27, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT.

actionminormoderate51003/2703/2803/29
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 27, 2:42 AM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 2:42 AM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 3:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph29 min
Mar 26, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery25 min
Mar 26, 9:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDBoone, Hamilton, Madison, Marion, Tipton37 min
Mar 26, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo45 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2026Every river flood warning in 2026

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.