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WGUS83 KIWX 151416
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1016 AM EDT SAT AUG 15 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
INDIANA...
WABASH RIVER NEAR BLUFFTON IN AFFECTING WELLS COUNTY.
WABASH RIVER NEAR LINN GROVE AFFECTING ADAMS AND WELLS COUNTIES.
FOR THE WABASH RIVER...INCLUDING LINN GROVE, BLUFFTON IN, WABASH,
LOGANSPORT...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 LATE TONIGHT AT 430 AM EDT.
INC179-160830-
/O.EXT.KIWX.FL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-260819T0600Z/
/BLFI3.1.ER.260814T1615Z.260816T1800Z.260818T0600Z.NO/
1016 AM EDT SAT AUG 15 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WABASH RIVER NEAR BLUFFTON IN.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, WATER REACHING THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE AT
EAST RIVER ROAD AND 450 EAST. RIVER ROAD AND A FEW COUNTY ROADS
ARE CLOSED BY HIGH WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:45 AM EDT SATURDAY WAS 10.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 11.7
FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4080 8533 4083 8533 4078 8512 4072 8508
4069 8511
INC001-179-160830-
/O.EXT.KIWX.FL.W.0046.000000T0000Z-260819T1200Z/
/LYNI3.1.ER.260814T0130Z.260816T1800Z.260818T1200Z.NO/
1016 AM EDT SAT AUG 15 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WABASH RIVER NEAR LINN GROVE.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, SECONDARY ROADS ARE BLOCKED. ROADS NEAR
THE EAST SIDE OF GENEVA BEGIN TO FLOOD. SOME EVACUATIONS MAY BE
REQUIRED AND PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE TRANSFERRED TO HIGHER GROUND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:45 AM EDT SATURDAY WAS 13.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 13.7
FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4069 8510 4072 8508 4064 8499 4061 8502
BROWN
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