NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued August 21 at 12:12AM EDT until August 30 at 12:48AM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Indiana...
Illinois...
Wildcat Creek near Lafayette.
Wabash River at Lafayette...Covington...Hutsonville...and Riverton.
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Illinois...Indiana...
Wabash River at Montezuma...Terre Haute...and Vincennes.
.On the Wabash River...moderate flooding will continue at Montezuma
and Terre Haute into this weekend...with otherwise widespread minor
flooding from Lafayette to Vincennes. Flooding is forecast to end on
Wildcat Creek midday Friday...and on the Wabash at Lafayette early
Saturday. The main crest will be slowly crossing Terre Haute through
Saturday...with a secondary, much smaller, crest now leaving
Lafayette...forecast to spread out before reaching Covington.
Flooding will begin at Vincennes Friday evening...with the main
crest forecast to arrive Tuesday night.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Wabash River at Vincennes.
* WHEN...From Friday evening to Sunday, August 30.
* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, Kimmell Park at Vincennes is extensively
flooded. River cabins begin to flood. Extensive lowland flooding
occurs in unprotected areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 11:45 PM EDT Thursday /10:45 PM CDT Thursday/ the stage
was 15.2 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late tomorrow evening to a crest of 19.5 feet Tuesday
evening. It will then fall below flood stage Saturday, August
29.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 1336th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days