Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Indianapolis, IN
Areas Affected: Parke, IN; Vermillion, IN; Vigo, IN
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Wednesday 11:20am EDT
Alert Effective: Wednesday 11:20am EDT
Alert Expires: Thursday 11:30am EDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Thursday 12:38pm EDT
Event Ends: Tuesday 11:20pm EDT
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis IN
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE TUESDAY EVENING... ...The National Weather Service in Indianapolis IN has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Indiana... East Fork White River at Seymour. Wabash River at Montezuma. Wabash River at Lafayette. .Rainfall today and tonight is expected to bring minor lowland flooding to portions of the Wabash and East Fork White Rivers. People with interests along local rivers should continue to monitor forecasts and warnings as additional flood warnings may be needed depending on the severity, location and timing of heavy rainfall. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Wabash River at Montezuma. * WHEN...From Thursday afternoon to late Tuesday evening. * 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 10.3 feet. - Forecast...The river will fall to 10.0 feet this evening. It will then rise above flood stage early tomorrow afternoon to 16.8 feet early Friday morning. It will fall to 16.7 feet early Saturday morning. It will then rise to 17.6 feet Sunday evening. It will fall below flood stage late Tuesday morning. - Flood stage is 14.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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 Thursday morning by around 1130 AM EDT.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1f4b3867c742e1c2c6bc03bf2cf730f93b2197bf.001.1 Codes: INC121, INC165, INC167 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1f4b3867c742e1c2c6bc03bf2cf730f93b2197bf.001.1