Flood Warning for Parke, IN; Vermillion, IN; Vigo, IN
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- Parke, Vermillion, Vigo
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What: Minor flooding is forecast. Impacts: At 18.0 feet, Montezuma agricultural levee is overtopped. Fourteen hundred acres of low bottomlands flood. Where: Wabash River at Montezuma. When: From Thursday afternoon to Monday morning.
What the bulletin says to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/ind. The next statement should be issued late tonight by around 230 AM EDT.
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...The National Weather Service in Indianapolis IN has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Indiana... Wabash River at Covington. Wabash River at Montezuma. .Heavy rainfall across northern and central Indiana will make its way into the Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers and bring minor lowland flooding along those rivers. Additional rainfall amounts of 1.5 to 2.5 inches through Friday morning in the upper parts of those basins was included in the forecast, so any deviations from that could change the crests and amount of time in flood. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Wabash River at Montezuma. * WHEN...From Thursday afternoon to Monday morning. * IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Montezuma agricultural levee is overtopped. Fourteen hundred acres of low bottomlands flood. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... At 10:45 AM EDT Wednesday the stage was 4.5 feet. Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 16.6 feet early Saturday morning. It will then fall below flood stage Sunday evening. Flood stage is 14.0 feet. http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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Flood Warning issued August 12 at 11:29AM EDT until August 17 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Indianapolis IN. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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