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EXPIRED4/25/2024 10:55:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ExpectedSeverity: SevereCertainty: Likely
4/25/2024 10:55:00 AM until 4/25/2024 11:00:00 PM
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/ind.
The next statement should be issued this evening by around 1100 PM
EDT.
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis IN has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Indiana...
Wabash River at Covington and Montezuma.
.Rainfall of one inch or more earlier this week is now expected to
take the Wabash River at Covington and Montezuma back into minor
flood briefly over the next couple of days. Crests are likely to be
less than one foot above flood stage in both locations, well below
levels experienced earlier this month.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Wabash River at Montezuma.
* WHEN...From this evening to Sunday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 14.0 feet, Several hundred acres of bottomlands along
the right bank from the mouth of Sugar Creek to northern edge of
Montezuma begin to flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:45 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 13.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late this evening to a crest of 14.8 feet tomorrow evening.
It will then fall below flood stage early Sunday morning.
- Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood