NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued August 21 at 8:32PM EDT until August 29 at 12:48AM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Indiana...
Illinois...
Wabash River at Lafayette.
Wabash River at Riverton.
Wabash River at Terre Haute.
Wabash River at Hutsonville Legacy Power Plant Site.
Wabash River at Mount Carmel.
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Indiana...Illinois...
Wabash River at Montezuma.
Wabash River at Covington.
Wabash River at Vincennes.
.On the Wabash River...moderate flooding will continue at Montezuma
and Terre Haute through tonight...with otherwise widespread minor
flooding from Lafayette to Vincennes. Flooding is forecast to end
on the Wabash at Lafayette tonight. The main crest will be slowly
crossing Terre Haute through Saturday. Flooding will begin at
Vincennes tonight...with the main crest forecast to arrive Tuesday
night.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Wabash River at Riverton.
* WHEN...Until Saturday, August 29.
* IMPACTS...At 20.7 feet, Leaverton Park at Palestine, Illinois
extensively floods including the campground area. Rodeo area
still dry at this level. Most if not all local unimproved roads
leading to the Wabash River in the Palestine area are impassable
by any land vehicle. Extensive backwater flooding of Minnow
Slough, Sugar Creek and Lamotte Creek in Palestine area. Numerous
river cabins surrounded by water across the river from Merom
Bluff. Backyards of a few residences southeast of Palestine along
East River Road flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:00 PM EDT Friday /7:00 PM CDT Friday/ the stage was 20.0
feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 8:00 PM EDT Friday /7:00 PM CDT Friday/ was 20.0
feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 20.6
feet early Sunday morning. It will then fall below flood
stage Friday, August 28.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 1273rd Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days