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WGUS43 KIND 202231  
FLWIND  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN  
631 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS IN HAS ISSUED A  
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...  
 
DRIFTWOOD RIVER NEAR EDINBURGH.  
 
.ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING NEAR AND EAST OF  
INDIANAPOLIS...OF UP TO 2 TO OVER 3 INCHES...WILL BRING THE  
DRIFTWOOD RIVER NEAR EDINBURGH BACK INTO MINOR FLOOD ON FRIDAY  
THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY.  
 
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.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IND.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT SHOULD BE ISSUED FRIDAY AFTERNOON BY AROUND 200  
PM EDT.  
 
 
 
INC005-081-145-211800-  
/O.NEW.KIND.FL.W.0184.260821T1400Z-260823T0600Z/  
/DREI3.1.ER.260821T1400Z.260822T0000Z.260822T1800Z.NO/  
631 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO EARLY SUNDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...DRIFTWOOD RIVER NEAR EDINBURGH.  
 
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, LOWLAND FLOODING REPORTED ALONG SUGAR  
CREEK AND BIG BLUE RIVER IN SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN MARCH 2011.  
LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS ALONG PORTIONS OF THE DRIFTWOOD RIVER IN  
NORTHERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY. WATER IS NEAR CR 950N TO DOUBLE Y  
SADDLE CLUB.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 5:30 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 11.3 FEET TOMORROW  
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY  
AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3936 8595 3922 8595 3922 8592 3920 8591  
3920 8597 3937 8601  
 
 
 
AGM  
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