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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Northern Indiana

April 1, 2026Williams County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 1, 2026, 9:45 PM EDT for Williams County, Ohio. It took effect at Apr 2, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 2026, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 2, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 7, 2026, 10:58 AM EDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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 St. Joseph River (OH/IN) at Montpelier (MONO1).

Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
16 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, 7:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 7:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 3:39 PM EDT, 6 hours 6 minutes before
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 1:55 AM EDTWind AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 18 more18 hr
Apr 2, 3:35 AM EDTGale WarningIWX18 hr
Apr 2, 12:53 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAdams, Allen69 hr
Apr 2, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSaint Joseph43 min
Apr 2, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhite15 min
Apr 2, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhite30 min
Apr 2, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Fulton, Pulaski31 min
Apr 2, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Marshall27 min
Apr 2, 8:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXPutnam3 days
Apr 2, 6:40 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXCass, Saint Joseph35 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.