083  
WGUS43 KIWX 111906  
FLWIWX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  
306 PM EDT THU APR 11 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A  
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...OHIO...  
 
SAINT MARYS RIVER NEAR DECATUR AFFECTING ADAMS, VAN WERT AND  
ALLEN IN COUNTIES.  
 
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND  
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...  
 
SALAMONIE RIVER AT PORTLAND AFFECTING JAY COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE SALAMONIE RIVER...INCLUDING WARREN, PORTLAND...MODERATE  
FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
FOR THE SAINT MARYS RIVER...INCLUDING DECATUR, ST. MARY'S RIVER NEAR  
FORT WAYNE...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
DETAILED RIVER FORECASTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT  
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX UNDER RIVERS AND LAKES.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FRIDAY MORNING AT 915 AM EDT.  
 

 
 
INC001-003-OHC161-121315-  
/O.NEW.KIWX.FL.W.0040.240412T0600Z-240417T0400Z/  
/DCRI3.1.ER.240412T0600Z.240415T0000Z.240416T0400Z.NO/  
306 PM EDT THU APR 11 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY WEDNESDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SAINT MARYS RIVER NEAR DECATUR.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 17.5 FEET, COUNTY ROAD 225 NORTH OF PLEASANT MILLS IS  
FLOODED. AGRICULTURAL LAND FLOODING INCREASES IN NORTHERN...  
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 2:35 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER  
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 17.4 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN  
FALL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IT WILL RISE TO 17.5 FEET MONDAY  
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TUESDAY  
MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4093 8506 4094 8504 4084 8491 4082 8494  
 

 
 
INC075-121315-  
/O.EXT.KIWX.FL.W.0035.000000T0000Z-240413T0950Z/  
/PORI3.2.ER.240411T1031Z.240412T0000Z.240412T0950Z.NO/  
306 PM EDT THU APR 11 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SALAMONIE RIVER AT PORTLAND.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, THE PARKING LOT OF THE PORTLAND WATER PARK  
IS FLOODED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1:45 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.8 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 1:45 PM EDT THURSDAY WAS 13.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 14.1  
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE  
TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4042 8505 4044 8505 4043 8500 4045 8498  
4045 8492 4042 8492 4040 8500  
 

 
 
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