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River Flood Warning 50, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Aug 15, 2026, 11:32 AM EDT for Allen County, Indiana. It took effect at Aug 15, 2026, 11:55 PM EDT. It was in force for 62 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2026, 11:32 AM EDT (15:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 15, 2026, 11:55 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Allen County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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. Marys River near Fort Wayne (SASI3). The gauge peaked at 11.11 ft at Aug 15, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 17 ft
- Major stage
- 19 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04182000, 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 Aug 14, 7:50 PM EDT, 15 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 7:50 PM EDT, 15 hours 42 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 11:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam | 4 days |
| Aug 15, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 48 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.