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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Northern Indiana

April 4, 2026Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 4, 2026, 10:28 PM EDT for Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan. It took effect at Apr 5, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2026, 10:28 PM EDT (02:28 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 5, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 11, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Elkhart County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Berrien County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point St. Joseph River (MI/IN) at South Bend (SBNI3). The gauge peaked at 6.30 ft at Apr 5, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 4.5 ft
Minor stage: 5.5 ft
Moderate stage: 8 ft
Major stage: 9 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04101225, 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 4, 6:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 6:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 10:28 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke	3 days
Apr 5, 10:29 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Saint Joseph	4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2026 River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2026 Every river flood warning in 2026

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.