165  
WGUS43 KIWX 020145  
FLWIWX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  
945 PM EDT WED APR 1 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A  
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...  
 
SAINT JOSEPH RIVER OHIO BELOW MONTPELIER AFFECTING WILLIAMS  
COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE SAINT JOSEPH RIVER OHIO...INCLUDING MONTPELIER, NEWVILLE,  
ST. JOE RIVER FT. 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 345 PM EDT.  
 

 
 
OHC171-021945-  
/O.NEW.KIWX.FL.W.0019.260402T1800Z-260405T0800Z/  
/MONO1.1.ER.260402T1800Z.260403T0600Z.260404T0800Z.NO/  
945 PM EDT WED APR 1 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY SUNDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SAINT JOSEPH RIVER OHIO BELOW MONTPELIER.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, FLOODING OF LOW LAND AND AGRICULTURAL LAND  
BEGINS NEAR THE RIVER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 3:00 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 12.4 FEET EARLY FRIDAY  
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY  
MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4158 8464 4169 8455 4167 8453 4156 8461  
 

 
 
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