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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1035 PM EDT WED APR 15 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...MICHIGAN...
SAINT JOSEPH RIVER MICHIGAN AT SOUTH BEND AFFECTING ST. JOSEPH,
BERRIEN AND ELKHART COUNTIES.
SAINT JOSEPH RIVER MICHIGAN AT THREE RIVERS AFFECTING BRANCH,
ELKHART AND ST. JOSEPH MI COUNTIES.
SAINT JOSEPH RIVER MICHIGAN AT NILES AFFECTING BERRIEN, ST.
JOSEPH AND CASS MI COUNTIES.
SAINT JOSEPH RIVER MICHIGAN AT ELKHART IN AFFECTING ST. JOSEPH MI,
ST. JOSEPH, ELKHART AND CASS MI COUNTIES.
.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED MINOR TO
MODERATE FLOODING ON MANY RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN IN THE COMING DAYS COULD EXACERBATE THE FLOODING.
FOR THE SAINT JOSEPH RIVER MICHIGAN...INCLUDING THREE RIVERS,
MOTTVILLE, ELKHART IN, SOUTH BEND, NILES...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.THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AT 445 PM EDT.
INC039-141-MIC021-162045-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FL.W.0037.260416T1600Z-000000T0000Z/
/SBNI3.1.ER.260416T1600Z.260419T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1035 PM EDT WED APR 15 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SAINT JOSEPH RIVER MICHIGAN AT SOUTH BEND.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO AFFECT RIVER PARKS
AND ROADS AND MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHSIDE BLVD IN THE AREA OF
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK, AND RIVERSIDE DRIVE IN THE AREAS SOUTH OF
LEEPER PARK, BY KELLER PARK AND WOODLAND PARK. HIGH WATER MAY
CAUSE FLOODING OF BASEMENTS AND INTERFERE WITH SOME COMMERCIAL
ACTIVITIES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:15 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF
7.6 FEET BY SATURDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 5.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4172 8629 4178 8628 4178 8626 4166 8621
4166 8624
INC039-MIC023-149-162045-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FL.W.0036.260416T1600Z-000000T0000Z/
/TRVM4.1.ER.260416T1600Z.260418T1800Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1035 PM EDT WED APR 15 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SAINT JOSEPH RIVER MICHIGAN AT THREE RIVERS.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOODING OF SCIDMORE PARK CAN BE
EXPECTED. EVACUATION OF SOME ANIMALS IN THE PARK ZOO CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED. HIGH WATER AFFECTS SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND FLOODS THE
BASEMENTS OF HOMES ALONG SOUTH MAIN, GREEN, AND JACKSON STREETS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF
8.9 FEET BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4186 8568 4197 8564 4197 8554 4196 8554
4193 8561 4184 8566
INC141-MIC021-027-162045-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FL.W.0038.260417T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/NILM4.1.ER.260417T0000Z.260419T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1035 PM EDT WED APR 15 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SAINT JOSEPH RIVER MICHIGAN AT NILES.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.5 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ADJACENT
TO THE RIVER AS WELL AS FLOODING OF BASEMENTS IN NILES CAN BE
EXPECTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 13.0 FEET
BY SATURDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4192 8639 4192 8634 4183 8625 4178 8626
4178 8627 4184 8638
INC039-141-MIC027-149-162045-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FL.W.0039.260417T1000Z-000000T0000Z/
/EKMI3.1.ER.260417T1000Z.260418T1800Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1035 PM EDT WED APR 15 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SAINT JOSEPH RIVER MICHIGAN AT ELKHART IN.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 25.0 FEET, BASEMENT FLOODING BEGINS IN RESIDENTIAL
AREAS OF THE 6TH STREET AREA AND ALONG SOUTH SHORE DRIVE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 24.9 FEET BY
EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4166 8616 4168 8616 4171 8594 4169 8594
4167 8599
NORMAN
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