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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana

March 11, 2026Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2026, 11:14 PM EDT for Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan. It took effect at Mar 12, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2026, 11:14 PM EDT (03:14 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 12, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 13, 2026, 9:06 PM EDT
In force: 33 hr
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 03:14 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 4.93 ft at Mar 13, 2026, 3:00 AM 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 Mar 11, 7:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 7:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 11, 9:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 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
Mar 11, 11:14 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Noble	13 days
Mar 12, 1:30 AM EDT	High Wind Watch	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 18 more	11 hr
Mar 12, 4:02 AM EDT	Gale Warning	IWX		25 hr
Mar 12, 9:31 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	Elkhart, Noble	19 hr
Mar 12, 10:35 AM EDT	Gale Warning	IWX		36 hr
Mar 12, 10:35 AM EDT	Storm Warning	IWX		30 hr
Mar 12, 12:43 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 18 more	31 hr

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.