303  
WGUS83 KIWX 141503  
FLSIWX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  
1103 AM EDT MON APR 14 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...  
 
NORTH BRANCH ELKHART RIVER AT COSPERVILLE AFFECTING NOBLE COUNTY.  
 
.RISES ON AREA RIVERS OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF RECENT EPISODES OF  
RAINFALL. THIS IS RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RECEDE OVER THE  
COMING DAYS.  
 
FOR THE ELKHART RIVER...INCLUDING COSPERVILLE...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.  
 
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 EVENING AT 800 PM EDT.  
 

 
 
INC113-150000-  
/O.EXT.KIWX.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-250415T0000Z/  
/CPEI3.1.ER.250403T0300Z.250406T1900Z.250414T1800Z.UU/  
1103 AM EDT MON APR 14 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...NORTH BRANCH ELKHART RIVER AT COSPERVILLE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 6.0 FEET, WATER APPROACHES SOME HOUSES AROUND SKINNER  
LAKE, ESPECIALLY ALONG STATE ROAD 8.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:30 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 10:30 AM EDT MONDAY WAS 6.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 5.2 FEET MONDAY, APRIL  
21.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4150 8570 4152 8568 4149 8559 4150 8544  
4149 8543 4144 8555  
 

 
 
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