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WGUS83 KIWX 160235
FLSIWX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1035 PM EDT WED APR 15 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...
EEL RIVER AT NORTH MANCHESTER AFFECTING WHITLEY, MIAMI, WABASH,
KOSCIUSKO AND CASS IN COUNTIES.
.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO CAUSE
MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ON MANY RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN IN THE COMING DAYS COULD EXACERBATE THE FLOODING.
FOR THE EEL RIVER...INCLUDING NORTH MANCHESTER...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 445 PM EDT.
INC017-085-103-169-183-162045-
/O.EXT.KIWX.FL.W.0035.260417T0345Z-260419T0448Z/
/NMCI3.1.ER.260417T0345Z.260417T1800Z.260418T0448Z.NO/
1035 PM EDT WED APR 15 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...EEL RIVER AT NORTH MANCHESTER.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, THE RIVER IS AT FLOOD STAGE, MINOR
AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THURSDAY EVENING TO A CREST OF 11.7 FEET BY EARLY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4076 8635 4097 8592 4102 8577 4099 8577
4087 8599 4072 8631
NORMAN
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