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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Apr 3, 2026, 12:14 PM EDT for Knox County, Sullivan County, Indiana; Crawford County, Lawrence County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 4, 2026, 5:25 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2026, 12:14 PM EDT (16:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2026, 5:25 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2026, 7:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 days
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Crawford County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Knox County, IN, Sullivan County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Wabash River at Riverton (RVTI3). The gauge peaked at 18.09 ft at Apr 10, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 26 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03342000, 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 3, 10:37 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 10:37 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 3, 9:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 2, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 22 min |
| Apr 2, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Carroll | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton | 36 min |
| Apr 2, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 19 min |
| Apr 2, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hamilton, Marion, Morgan | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Shelby | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Vermillion | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Tippecanoe | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, Warren | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Warren | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Howard | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Tippecanoe | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 25 min |
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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.