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Flood Statement
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FLSIND
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
955 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014

...A Flood Warning continues for portions of the following rivers...

  Wabash River...

.Unseasonably warm temperatures causing snow melt across northern
Indiana, along with predicted rainfall tonight and Wednesday, will
produce minor flooding along the Wabash River.

Precautionary/Preparedness Actions...

Motorists should never drive into flood water. Turn around and go
another way. Keep children away from flooded areas. Recreational and
agricultural interests should remain alert to changing river
conditions.

For detailed flood information go to weather.gov/ind on the web. From
the blue menu bar on the left side of the page...click on rivers and
lakes.

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INC045-121-157-165-171-130155-
/O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0073.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/LAFI3.1.ER.140311T1606Z.140316T1800Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
955 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014

The Flood Warning continues for
  The Wabash River at Lafayette.
* until further notice.
* At  9:30 PM Tuesday the stage was 12.9 feet.
* Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...The river will continue rising to near 14.6 feet by
  Thursday evening then begin falling.
* At 12.0 feet...High water affects a few low river cabins and county
  roads.

&&

LAT...LON 4056 8673 4048 8688 4040 8709 4033 8709
      4040 8688 4054 8670

$$

INC045-121-165-171-130154-
/O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0074.140312T1800Z-140320T1000Z/
/CVGI3.1.ER.140312T1800Z.140317T0000Z.140319T2200Z.NO/
955 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014

The Flood Warning continues for
  The Wabash River at Covington.
* from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday March 20.
* At  8:45 PM Tuesday the stage was 14.0 feet.
* Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...Rise above flood stage by tomorrow early afternoon and
  continue to rise to near 18.7 feet by Sunday evening.the river will
  fall below flood stage by Wednesday evening.
* At 18.0 feet...Five Crossings, a local county river park at old
U.S.
  Highway 136 bridge site begins to flood.

&&

LAT...LON 4040 8709 4020 8747 3997 8745 3997 8739
      4017 8737 4033 8709

$$

INC121-165-167-130154-
/O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0075.140312T2108Z-140321T1200Z/
/MTZI3.1.ER.140312T2108Z.140317T1200Z.140321T0000Z.NO/
955 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014

The Flood Warning continues for
  The Wabash River at Montezuma.
* from Wednesday afternoon to Friday March 21.
* At  8:45 PM Tuesday the stage was 10.3 feet.
* Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...Rise above flood stage by tomorrow afternoon and
  continue to rise to near 18.1 feet by Monday early afternoon.the
  river will fall below flood stage by Thursday evening.
* At 18.0 feet...Montezuma agricultural levee is overtopped.
Fourteen
  hundred acres of low bottomlands flood.  Lowest bottomlands flood.

&&

LAT...LON 3997 8745 3985 8741 3977 8740 3977 8736
      3986 8734 3997 8739

$$
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