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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Northern Indiana

April 3, 2026Adams County, Wells County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 3, 2026, 4:39 AM EDT for Adams County, Wells County, Indiana. It took effect at Apr 3, 2026, 5:07 AM EDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2026, 4:39 AM EDT (08:39 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 3, 2026, 5:07 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 4, 2026, 11:03 PM EDT
In force
42 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Adams County, IN, Wells County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wabash River at Linn Grove (LYNI3). The gauge peaked at 11.55 ft at Apr 3, 2026, 9:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03322900, 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 3, 4:05 AM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 4:05 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 1:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 3, 1:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko30 min
Apr 2, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Noble, Wabash and 1 more39 min
Apr 2, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Fulton, Miami30 min
Apr 2, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben23 min
Apr 2, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXGrant38 min
Apr 2, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDeKalb, Steuben54 min
Apr 2, 9:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX90 min
Apr 2, 9:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen48 min
Apr 2, 10:00 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX7 hr
Apr 2, 10:35 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXPulaski9 days
Apr 2, 10:51 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXMarshall, Saint Joseph, Starke4 days
Apr 2, 10:51 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXCarroll, Pulaski, White21 days
Apr 2, 11:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX59 min
Apr 3, 12:39 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX51 min
Apr 3, 2:17 PM EDTFlood WatchIWXAllen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaGrange and 8 more27 hr
Apr 3, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Miami43 min
Apr 3, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant, Huntington, Wabash38 min
Apr 3, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Miami, Wabash25 min
Apr 3, 7:41 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXGrant, Huntington34 min
Apr 3, 1:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBerrien45 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.