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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 15, 2026, 11:08 AM EDT for Pulaski County, Indiana. It took effect at Apr 16, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 20 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2026, 11:08 AM EDT (15:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2026, 11:08 AM EDT
- In force
- 20 days
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Pulaski County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Tippecanoe River near Ora (ORAI3).
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 13 ft
- Major stage
- 14 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03331500, 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 15, 8:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 8:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Northern Indiana 535 AM EDT Wed Apr 15 2026 INZ005>009-012-014-103-104-116-203-204-216-MIZ078>081-177-277-OHZ001- 002-004-005-160945- Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Starke-Marshall- 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- 535 AM EDT Wed Apr 15 2026 /435 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026/ ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana, southwest Michigan and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Scattered thunderstorms today. A few of the storms may become strong to severe. Gusty winds, hail, and heavy rainfall will be possible within thunderstorms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. There are chances of thunderstorms Thursday and then again Friday night into Saturday. A few severe storms are possible Thursday with better chances arriving Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. INZ013-015-017-018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ015-016-024-025-160945- Pulaski-Fulton IN-Whitley-Allen IN-White-Cass IN-Miami-Wabash- Huntington-Wells-Adams-Grant-Blackford-Jay-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert- Allen OH- 535 AM EDT Wed Apr 15 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms expected today. A few of the storms may become strong to severe. Gusty winds, hail, and heavy rainfall will be possible within thunderstorms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. There are chances of thunderstorms Thursday, and then again Friday night into Saturday. Isolated severe storms are possible Thursday with better chances arriving Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. LMZ043-046-160945- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 535 AM EDT Wed Apr 15 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters of southeastern Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms today with gusty winds and small hail as the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. There are continued chances of thunderstorms Thursday and then again late Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 15, 7:03 AM EDT, 4 hours 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 10:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 84 min | |
| Apr 15, 12:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 57 min | |
| Apr 15, 1:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 21 days |
| Apr 15, 11:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 25 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Wabash | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 1:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Noble, Wabash, Whitley | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 3:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 114 min |
| Apr 15, 11:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Williams | 5 days |
| Apr 15, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Williams | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Putnam | 13 min |
| Apr 15, 12:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 12:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 1:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Branch | 13 min |
| Apr 15, 1:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 2:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 32 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.