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WGUS43 KIWX 171143
FLWIWX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
743 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...
SALAMONIE RIVER AT PORTLAND AFFECTING JAY COUNTY.
FOR THE SALAMONIE RIVER...INCLUDING WARREN, PORTLAND...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
DETAILED RIVER FORECASTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX UNDER RIVERS AND LAKES.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 200 PM EDT.
INC075-171800-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FL.W.0052.260817T1200Z-260817T1800Z/
/PORI3.1.ER.260817T1200Z.260817T1200Z.260817T1200Z.NO/
743 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SALAMONIE RIVER AT PORTLAND.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:45 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 11.0
FEET THIS MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4042 8505 4044 8505 4043 8500 4045 8498
4045 8492 4042 8492 4040 8500
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