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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Northern Indiana

April 15, 2026Williams County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Apr 15, 2026, 11:08 AM EDT for Williams County, Ohio. It took effect at Apr 16, 2026, 6:48 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 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, 6:48 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 20, 2026, 11:43 AM EDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 95 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 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 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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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 7:03 AM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 10:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX84 min
Apr 15, 12:18 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX57 min
Apr 15, 1:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXElkhart, LaPorte, Saint Joseph4 hr
Apr 15, 11:08 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXPulaski21 days
Apr 15, 11:08 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb21 days
Apr 15, 11:08 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXCass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley25 hr
Apr 15, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton29 min
Apr 15, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Wabash34 min
Apr 15, 1:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXElkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph3 hr
Apr 15, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko, Noble, Wabash, Whitley36 min
Apr 15, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDeKalb37 min
Apr 15, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben33 min
Apr 15, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb29 min
Apr 15, 3:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAllen, DeKalb114 min
Apr 15, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDefiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Williams45 min
Apr 15, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPutnam13 min
Apr 15, 12:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBranch, Cass, Saint Joseph50 min
Apr 15, 12:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBranch, Hillsdale48 min
Apr 15, 1:02 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXBranch13 min
Apr 15, 1:14 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXBranch, Hillsdale31 min
Apr 15, 2:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass32 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.