Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Indianapolis, IN
Areas Affected: Crawford, IL; Lawrence, IL; Knox, IN; Sullivan, IN
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Sunday 1:58am EDT
Alert Effective: Sunday 1:58am EDT
Alert Expires: Sunday 6:00pm EDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Sunday 1:58am EDT
Event Ends: Wednesday 7:00pm EDT
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis IN
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Indiana... Illinois... Wabash River at Riverton, Terre Haute, Hutsonville Legacy Power Plant Site, and Montezuma. .Multiple rounds of rainfall over the past week, totaling at least 2 to 4 inches, has lead to minor lowland flooding along the middle to lower Wabash River. The Wabash will continue to crest at Terre Haute this weekend, with the crest reaching Riverton on Tuesday. Flooding will end at Montezuma Monday and at Riverton by the middle of the week. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Wabash River at Hutsonville Legacy Power Plant Site. * WHEN...Until Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Seep water occurs behind levees on Indiana side. Hutson Creek begins to overflow from backwater. Old Darwin Road and a few rural roads in eastern Clark and Crawford counties in Illinois are impassable. Low agricultural land floods. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - There is no current observed data. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 17.7 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage Wednesday morning. - Flood stage is 16.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks. 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 600 PM EDT /500 PM CDT/.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a13c1cacee41da5d155072d6df932ff313b9fc86.003.1 Codes: INC083, INC153 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a13c1cacee41da5d155072d6df932ff313b9fc86.003.1