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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1127 AM EDT THU SEP 24 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...
OHIO...
WABASH RIVER NEAR LINN GROVE AFFECTING WELLS AND ADAMS COUNTIES.
SAINT MARYS RIVER AT ST. MARY'S RIVER NEAR FORT WAYNE AFFECTING
ALLEN IN COUNTY.
SAINT MARYS RIVER NEAR DECATUR AFFECTING ALLEN IN, ADAMS AND VAN
WERT COUNTIES.
FOR THE WABASH RIVER...INCLUDING LINN GROVE, BLUFFTON IN, WABASH,
LOGANSPORT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
FOR THE SAINT MARYS RIVER...INCLUDING DECATUR, ST. MARY'S RIVER NEAR
FORT WAYNE...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
DETAILED RIVER FORECASTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX UNDER RIVERS AND LAKES.
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
INC003-250200-
/O.EXT.KIWX.FL.W.0058.000000T0000Z-260925T0200Z/
/SASI3.1.ER.260919T0246Z.260921T1430Z.260925T0000Z.NO/
1127 AM EDT THU SEP 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SAINT MARYS RIVER AT ST. MARY'S RIVER NEAR FORT WAYNE.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, FLOODING OCCURS IN PARKS AND LOW FARMLAND
THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN ALLEN COUNTY. THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE STARTS 24
HOUR FLOOD FIGHTING PROCEDURES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS
EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 7.1 FEET TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4104 8518 4109 8516 4109 8512 4104 8514
4094 8504 4093 8506
INC001-003-OHC161-251530-
/O.EXT.KIWX.FL.W.0057.000000T0000Z-260925T1800Z/
/DCRI3.1.ER.000000T0000Z.260921T1315Z.260925T1600Z.NO/
1127 AM EDT THU SEP 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SAINT MARYS RIVER NEAR DECATUR.
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.5 FEET, FLOODING EXPANDS INTO MORE FARM LAND IN THE
DECATUR AREA. FLOOD WATERS APPROACH PIQUA ROAD...OHIO STATE ROUTE
49 AND INDIANA 101 JUST NORTH OF PLEASANT MILLS. FLOOD WATER BEGINS
TO CROSS OHIO HIGHWAY 49 NORTH OF WILLSHIRE, OHIO.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:55 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 8.7 FEET TUESDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4093 8506 4094 8504 4084 8491 4082 8494
INC001-179-251400-
/O.EXT.KIWX.FL.W.0054.000000T0000Z-260925T1400Z/
/LYNI3.1.ER.260917T0658Z.260918T2000Z.260925T1200Z.NO/
1127 AM EDT THU SEP 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WABASH RIVER NEAR LINN GROVE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, THE FLOODING OF COUNTY ROADS BEGIN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:45 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 7.0 FEET TUESDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4069 8510 4072 8508 4064 8499 4061 8502
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