147  
WGUS73 KIWX 171621  
FFSIWX  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  
1221 PM EDT THU SEP 17 2026  
 
INC001-069-179-OHC161-171815-  
/O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-260917T1815Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
ADAMS IN-HUNTINGTON IN-WELLS IN-VAN WERT OH-  
1221 PM EDT THU SEP 17 2026  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT THIS  
AFTERNOON FOR ADAMS, HUNTINGTON, WELLS AND SOUTHWESTERN VAN WERT  
COUNTIES...  
 
AT 1221 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF  
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. RAIN RATES OF ONE TENTH TO OEN QUARTER OF AN INCH  
PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 130 PM EDT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL  
AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH  
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS FROM  
EARLIER THIS MORNING OF FLOODED ROADWAYS AND STRANDED CARDS DUE TO  
FLOOD WATERS.  
 
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
FLASH FLOODING.  
 
SOURCE...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED.  
 
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN  
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.  
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
HUNTINGTON, BLUFFTON, DECATUR, BERNE, OSSIAN, GENEVA, ANDREWS,  
MARKLE, MONROE, LANCASTER, PREBLE, NOTTINGHAM, ZANESVILLE,  
WILLSHIRE, UNIONDALE, WREN, PONETO, VERA CRUZ, MURRAY AND NORTH  
OAKS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4092 8534 4092 8523 4089 8508 4083 8481  
4074 8467 4073 8468 4073 8480 4057 8480  
4057 8520 4069 8538 4077 8564 4099 8564  
4094 8534  
 
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED  
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
 
 
 
MARSILI  
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