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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 1, 2026, 3:41 PM EDT for Henry County, Ohio. It took effect at Apr 2, 2026, 4:10 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2026, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2026, 4:10 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2026, 4:29 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Henry County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Maumee River at Napoleon (CPBO1).
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 17 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 1, 2:48 PM EDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 2:48 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Northern Indiana 339 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026 INZ005>009-012>015-017-018-020-022>027-032>034-103-104-116-203-204- 216-MIZ078>081-177-277-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-021945- Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Starke-Pulaski-Marshall- Fulton IN-Whitley-Allen IN-White-Cass IN-Miami-Wabash-Huntington- Wells-Adams-Grant-Blackford-Jay-Northern La Porte- Eastern St. Joseph IN-Northern Kosciusko-Southern La Porte- Western St. Joseph IN-Southern Kosciusko-Cass MI-St. Joseph MI- Branch-Hillsdale-Northern Berrien-Southern Berrien-Williams- Fulton OH-Defiance-Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH- 339 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026 /239 PM CDT Wed Apr 1 2026/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana, southwest Michigan and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...tonight. Additional rain and isolated thunderstorms tonight will worsen any ongoing flooding. However, the heaviest rain is forecast to be west of Indiana State Route 15. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Breezy on Thursday with a 60% to 80% chance of showers and thunderstorms in the late afternoon. Confidence is low in severe weather occuring, but heavy rain, damaging wind gusts and a tornado are the primary hazards. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LMZ043-046-021945- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 339 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters of southeastern Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 1, 3:19 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 31, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 9:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Fulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaPorte and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 12 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:53 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 15 hr | |
| Apr 1, 1:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 21 days |
| Apr 1, 6:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 5 days |
| Apr 1, 9:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 11:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Noble | 22 days |
| Apr 1, 12:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 5 days |
| Apr 1, 12:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 5 days |
| Apr 1, 3:36 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 22 hr | |
| Mar 31, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Van Wert | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Van Wert | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 9:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 37 min |
| Apr 1, 2:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Williams | 21 days |
| Apr 1, 12:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry | 6 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.