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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Northern Indiana

March 27, 2026Jay County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Mar 27, 2026, 6:19 AM EDT for Jay County, Indiana. It took effect at Mar 27, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2026, 6:19 AM EDT (10:19 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 27, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 27, 2026, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Jay County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Salamonie River at Portland (PORI3). The gauge peaked at 12.80 ft at Mar 27, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03324200, 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 27, 5:56 AM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 5:56 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 27, 12:46 AM EDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 8:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford, Grant, Jay, Wells25 min
Mar 26, 8:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall37 min
Mar 26, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBlackford, Jay24 min
Mar 26, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen, Whitley33 min
Mar 27, 5:12 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX10 hr
Mar 27, 3:05 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX20 hr

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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.