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Flood Advisory issued April 1 at 9:07AM EDT until April 1 at 3:15PM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana

Event Type

Flood Advisory

Status

Actual EXPIRED

Severity

Minor

Urgency

Expected

Certainty

Likely

Message Type

Alert

Description

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana, including the following counties, Allen IN and De Kalb and northwest Ohio, including the following counties, Defiance and Paulding. * WHEN...Until 315 PM EDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 904 AM EDT, Doppler radar estimated that between 1 and 3 inches - Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Fort Wayne, Defiance, Auburn, Hicksville, Huntertown, Paulding, Churubusco, Antwerp, Woodburn, Grabill, St. Joe, Leo-cedarville, Concord, Farmer, Newville, Ney, Cecil, Spencerville In Dekalb County, Saint Joe and Harlan. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Instructions

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

Affected Areas

Allen, IN; De Kalb, IN; Defiance, OH; Paulding, OH

SAME Codes:

018003 Allen County, IN

018033 DeKalb County, IN

039039 Defiance County, OH

039125 Paulding County, OH

UGC: INC003 INC033 OHC039 OHC125

This covers a small portion of emergency service districts, townships, and municipalities within the county.

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Alert Area Affected Boundaries

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Timing

Alert Sent:

2026-04-01 09:07 EDT
09:07 AM EDT

Onset:

2026-04-01T09:07:00-04:00

Expires:

2026-04-01 15:15 EDT
03:15 PM EDT

Event Ends:

2026-04-01T15:15:00-04:00

Added:

2026-04-01 09:09 EDT
09:09 AM EDT

Updated:

2026-04-01 18:29 EDT
06:29 PM EDT

Times in America/New_York. Auto-adjusts for daylight saving.

Technical Details

Alert Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b7d7f235096a1d9f819ecfbccfec14d705297c9c.001.1

Database ID
#194

Scope Public

Category Met

Coverage Type Localized

Exact Coverage 0.0% of Putnam County

Source times converted from NWS format to local Eastern Time.

Affected Boundaries

Localized County Impact

This alert covers 0.0% of Putnam County , affecting some emergency service boundaries.

Coverage by Service Type:

No Boundary Intersections Found

This alert may not intersect with any configured emergency service boundaries.

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Localized Coverage

NOAA Alert Details

Alert Origin

Originator NWS Northern Indiana

Sender ID w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov

Scope Public

Category Met

Effective 2026-04-01T09:07:00-04:00

Language en-US

Web http://www.weather.gov

Alert Feed

https://api.weather.gov/alerts/active?zone=OHC003,OHZ016,OHC137,OHZ025,OHZ004,OHC039,OHZ017,OHC063,OHZ005,OHC069,OHZ015,OHC125,OHZ024,OHC161,OHZ006,OHC173

NOAA

EAS Parameters

Block Channels EAS NWEM CMAS

Geocodes

SAME Geocodes

018003 Allen County, IN

018033 DeKalb County, IN

039039 Defiance County, OH

039125 Paulding County, OH

UGC Codes INC003 INC033 OHC039 OHC125

Affected Zones INC003 INC033 OHC039 OHC125

Event Codes

SAME NWS

NationalWeatherService FAY

VTEC

New Event Flood Advisory #9

Office KIWX · Begins 2026-04-01 13:07 UTC · Ends 2026-04-01 19:15 UTC

/O.NEW.KIWX.FA.Y.0009.260401T1307Z-260401T1915Z/

IEM VTEC Browser

FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON

NWS Parameters

AWIPSidentifier FLSIWX

WMOidentifier WGUS83 KIWX 011307

eventEndingTime 2026-04-01T15:15:00-04:00

EAS Forwarding Status

Not Forwarded

Reason No authorised SAME event code available for Flood Advisory.

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Raw CAP Alert Data

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Last Updated: 2026-04-01 18:29 EDT (22:29 UTC)