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WGUS43 KIND 050544
FLWIND
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1244 AM EST THU MAR 5 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...
FLATROCK RIVER NEAR COLUMBUS.
.BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS HAS LED CREEKS TO RISE ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE
AND RIVERS WILL FOLLOW IN THE COMING DAYS. ADDITIONAL RAIN IS IN THE
FORECAST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IND.
THE NEXT STATEMENT SHOULD BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON BY AROUND 345 PM
EST.
INC005-052045-
/O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-260308T0224Z/
/FLCI3.2.ER.260304T2104Z.260305T1800Z.260307T2024Z.NO/
1244 AM EST THU MAR 5 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SATURDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...FLATROCK RIVER NEAR COLUMBUS.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN PROGRESS ALONG THE
FLATROCK RIVER. PORTIONS OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE NORTH OF US HIGHWAY
31 ARE FLOODED. ACCORDING TO THE COLUMBUS RESPONSE PLAN...
INDIANAPOLIS ROAD IS FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:30 AM EST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.7 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 12:30 AM EST THURSDAY WAS 13.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 15.5
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3934 8583 3926 8588 3921 8592 3920 8595
3927 8593 3935 8589
KF
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