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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 2, 2026Sullivan County, Vigo County, Indiana; Clark County, Crawford County, Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Apr 2, 2026, 12:13 PM EDT for Sullivan County, Vigo County, Indiana; Clark County, Crawford County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 3, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2026, 12:13 PM EDT (16:13 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 3, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 11, 2026, 5:41 PM EDT
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wabash River at Terre Haute...US Hwy 150 Eastbound (TERI3). The gauge peaked at 20.36 ft at Apr 7, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 11.5 ft
Minor stage: 16.5 ft
Moderate stage: 24.5 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03341500, 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 Apr 2, 10:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 10:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 4:16 AM EDT, 7 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 7:18 AM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 12:13 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	11 days
Apr 2, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Warren	29 min
Apr 2, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Warren	31 min
Apr 2, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Vigo	36 min
Apr 2, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Tippecanoe, Warren	19 min
Apr 2, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Vigo	33 min
Apr 2, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	17 min
Apr 2, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain, Parke	25 min
Apr 2, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Carroll	29 min
Apr 2, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clay, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	44 min
Apr 2, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Montgomery, Tippecanoe	30 min

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.