AREAS AFFECTED : FOUNTAIN, IN; PARKE, IN; VERMILLION, IN; WARREN, IN
...The National Weather Service in Indianapolis IN has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Indiana...
Wabash River at Montezuma.
Wabash River at Lafayette.
Wabash River at Covington.
.Multiple rounds of rainfall will bring minor lowland flooding to
the Wabash River basin over the next couple of days that could hang
around through much of next week.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Wabash River at Covington.
* WHEN...From Thursday evening to Tuesday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, A few county roads begin to flood. Higher
bottomlands begin to flood. The first cottage upstream from U.S.
136 bridge may become isolated by high water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1:45 PM EDT Wednesday the stage was 9.6 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late tomorrow evening to a crest of 20.1 feet early Saturday
morning. It will then fall below flood stage Monday evening.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood