Flood Warning Issued for Youngs Creek at Amity in Johnson County, IN
This alert is no longer in effect.
NOAA issued it on May 16, 2026, 3 months ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this NWS weather alert directly from NOAA's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
A Flood Warning is in effect for Youngs Creek at Amity in Johnson County, Indiana, with minor flooding occurring due to recent rainfall.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Flood Warning
- Affected area
- Johnson County, Indiana
- Issued
- May 16, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Indianapolis IN
Flood notices turn on location and timing. Treat the named area as this record's scope; do not assume nearby counties, parishes, or waterways were included.
Record status: historical. It was issued 3 months ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Johnson County, Indiana.
Alert Details
A Flood Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service Indianapolis IN. The alert is effective from May 9 at 8:44 AM EDT until May 9 at 11:00 PM EDT.
Affected Areas
The warning covers Johnson County, Indiana, specifically Youngs Creek at Amity.
What You Should Do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/ind.
Expected Conditions
Minor flooding is occurring and forecast on Youngs Creek. At 8:15 AM EDT the river stage was 7.1 feet, with a forecast crest of 7.3 feet late this morning. Flood stage is 7.0 feet. Consistent moderate rainfall of 1 to 2 inches over the last 24 hours has produced the flooding.
Timeline
The alert is effective from this morning through late this evening on May 9. Flooding is expected to end later Saturday evening, with the river falling below flood stage this evening.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this NWS weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (950 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to May 16, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.