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River Flood Warning 50, NWS Northern Indiana

August 15, 2026Allen County, 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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

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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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 11:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen, Paulding, Putnam4 days
Aug 15, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen48 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2026Every 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.