Flood Warning for Lewis, Indiana
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1103 AM EDT Tue Apr 30 2024
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Indiana...Illinois...
Wabash River at Hutsonville Legacy Power Plant Site.
Wabash River at Montezuma.
Wabash River at Riverton.
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Indiana...
Illinois...
Wabash River at Terre Haute.
.Recent rainfall has led to flooding and potential flooding along a
few points of the Wabash River. This threat will continue through
the week into the weekend.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/ind.
The next statement should be issued late tonight by around 215 AM
EDT /115 AM CDT/.
INC121-165-167-010615-
/O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0099.000000T0000Z-240504T0300Z/
/MTZI3.1.ER.240429T0937Z.240501T0600Z.240503T1500Z.NO/
1103 AM EDT Tue Apr 30 2024
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE FRIDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Wabash River at Montezuma.
* WHEN...Until late Friday 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 Tuesday the stage was 15.8 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 10:45 AM EDT Tuesday was 15.8 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 16.4
feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below
flood stage late Friday morning.
- Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
LAT...LON 3997 8739 3986 8734 3977 8736 3977 8740
3985 8741 3997 8745
Flood Warning for Lewis, Indiana
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1103 AM EDT Tue Apr 30 2024
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Indiana...Illinois...
Wabash River at Hutsonville Legacy Power Plant Site.
Wabash River at Montezuma.
Wabash River at Riverton.
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Indiana...
Illinois...
Wabash River at Terre Haute.
.Recent rainfall has led to flooding and potential flooding along a
few points of the Wabash River. This threat will continue through
the week into the weekend.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/ind.
The next statement should be issued late tonight by around 215 AM
EDT /115 AM CDT/.
ILC023-033-INC153-167-010615-
/O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0102.240501T0600Z-240503T0800Z/
/TERI3.1.ER.240501T0600Z.240502T0000Z.240502T2000Z.NO/
1103 AM EDT Tue Apr 30 2024 /1003 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024/
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Wabash River at Terre Haute.
* WHEN...From late tonight to early Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 16.5 feet, Flood waters begin to enter the two breaks
in the Honey Creek Levee maintained by the Honey Creek Levee
Association. These two breaks occurred during the April 2013
flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:30 AM EDT Tuesday /9:30 AM CDT Tuesday/ the stage was
15.7 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
just after midnight tonight to a crest of 16.9 feet tomorrow
evening. It will then fall below flood stage Thursday
afternoon.
- Flood stage is 16.5 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
LAT...LON 3960 8736 3943 8740 3930 8757 3932 8763
3945 8747 3960 8741