091  
WGUS43 KIWX 120314  
FLWIWX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  
1114 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A  
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...MICHIGAN...  
 
NORTH BRANCH ELKHART RIVER AT COSPERVILLE AFFECTING NOBLE COUNTY.  
 
SAINT JOSEPH RIVER MICHIGAN AT SOUTH BEND AFFECTING ELKHART,  
BERRIEN AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES.  
 
.RECENT RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN RISING WATERS.  
 
FOR THE ELKHART RIVER...INCLUDING GOSHEN, COSPERVILLE...MODERATE  
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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 515 PM EDT.  
 
 
 
INC113-122115-  
/O.NEW.KIWX.FL.W.0005.260312T0600Z-000000T0000Z/  
/CPEI3.2.ER.260312T0600Z.260313T1800Z.000000T0000Z.UU/  
1114 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE  
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...NORTH BRANCH ELKHART RIVER AT COSPERVILLE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, THE NORTH END OF LAKEVIEW DRIVE IS COVERED  
BY WATER. SEVERAL HOUSES HAVE WATER TO THEIR FOUNDATIONS ON  
STEINBERGER LAKE DRIVE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:30 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF  
7.2 FEET EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4150 8570 4152 8568 4149 8559 4150 8544  
4149 8543 4144 8555  
 
 
 
INC039-141-MIC021-122115-  
/O.NEW.KIWX.FL.W.0006.260312T1600Z-260316T1200Z/  
/SBNI3.1.ER.260312T1600Z.260313T1200Z.260315T1200Z.NO/  
1114 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SAINT JOSEPH RIVER MICHIGAN AT SOUTH BEND.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 6.0 FEET, FLOODING IS CONFINED TO MOSTLY PARK LAND  
AND GOLF COURSES. LEEPER PARK AND PETRO GOLF COURSES BEGIN TO  
FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:15 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 6.1 FEET FRIDAY  
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 5.5 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4172 8629 4178 8628 4178 8626 4166 8621  
4166 8624  
 
 
 
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