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Special Weather Statement
Issued: 2:09 AM Apr. 4, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN...
NORTHEASTERN ADAMS AND NORTHWESTERN VAN WERT COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 PM
EDT...

At 1008 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Monroeville, or near Decatur, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Convoy and Dixon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

River Flood Warning
Issued: 1:20 AM Apr. 4, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Saint Marys River near Decatur.

* WHEN...From Saturday afternoon to early Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 18.5 feet, County Road 225 North...just north of
Pleasant Mills Indiana is closed by flood water. Low land areas of
Kekionga Park on the southeast side of Decatur begin flooding.
Flooding is limited to farm land in Pleasant Mills Indiana and
Willshire Ohio.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:55 PM EDT Friday the stage was 15.9 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
early tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 18.3 feet early Sunday
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early
Wednesday morning.
- Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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