963  
WGUS43 KIWX 010253  
FLWIWX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  
1053 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A  
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...  
 
SPY RUN CREEK AT PARK DRIVE AT FORT WAYNE CHILDREN'S ZOO  
AFFECTING ALLEN IN COUNTY.  
 
.THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BROUGHT HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE FORT WAYNE AREA.  
SPY RUN CREEK AT FORT WAYNE'S CHILDREN'S ZOO HAS RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY  
AND IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TONIGHT.  
 
FOR THE SPY RUN CREEK...INCLUDING PARK DRIVE AT FORT WAYNE  
CHILDREN'S ZOO...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 WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 800 AM EDT.  
 
 
 
INC003-011200-  
/O.NEW.KIWX.FL.W.0010.260401T0253Z-260401T1153Z/  
/SPYI3.1.ER.260401T0225Z.260401T0400Z.260401T0552Z.NO/  
1053 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SPY RUN CREEK AT PARK DRIVE AT FORT WAYNE CHILDREN'S ZOO.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, ROADS NEAREST THE CREEK FLOOD AND TRANSFER  
OF PROPERTY TO HIGHER GROUND BECOMES NECESSARY WITH EVACUATIONS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:00 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.7 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 11.6  
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW  
FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4111 8516 4110 8514 4110 8515 4110 8517  
 
 
 
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