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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
458 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS IN HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...
MISSISSINEWA RIVER NEAR RIDGEVILLE.
.MORE RAINFALL TODAY HAS CAUSED ANOTHER UPSWING ON THE MISSISSINEWA
RIVER, PROMPTING THE NEED FOR A FLOOD WARNING NEAR RIDGEVILLE. THIS
CREST IS EXPECTED TO TO BE LOWER THAN FRIDAY'S CREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES,
DIPS, OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM,
EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER FIND ANOTHER ROUTE
OVER HIGHER GROUND.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IND.
THE NEXT STATEMENT SHOULD BE ISSUED MONDAY MORNING BY AROUND 800 AM
EDT.
INC035-135-171200-
/O.NEW.KIND.FL.W.0173.260816T2058Z-260817T1634Z/
/RIDI3.1.ER.260816T2019Z.260817T0200Z.260817T1033Z.UU/
458 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MISSISSINEWA RIVER NEAR RIDGEVILLE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL FLOODING ALONG CR 100
W JUST NORTH OF THE RIVER. HIGH WATER AFFECTING A SMALL PORTION
OF RIVER ROAD JUST EAST OF SR 1 AND NORTH OF THE RIVER. WATER IS
WITHIN A FEW FEET VERTICALLY OF THE APPROACHES TO SR 1 BRIDGE IN
WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:00 PM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 10.7
FEET LATE THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4026 8496 4024 8528 4038 8551 4041 8543
4030 8527 4029 8495
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