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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1012 AM EDT FRI APR 26 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...
WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA.
.RAINFALL OF ONE INCH OR MORE EARLIER THIS WEEK HAS BROUGHT THE
WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA BACK INTO MINOR FLOOD WHICH IS EXPECTED TO
PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. CRESTS ARE LIKELY TO BE LESS THAN ONE FOOT
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE, WELL BELOW LEVELS EXPERIENCED EARLIER THIS MONTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES,
DIPS, OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM,
EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER FIND ANOTHER ROUTE
OVER HIGHER GROUND.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IND.
THE NEXT STATEMENT SHOULD BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT BY AROUND 115 AM
EDT.
INC121-165-167-270515-
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/MTZI3.1.ER.240426T0206Z.240426T1345Z.240427T0300Z.NO/
1012 AM EDT FRI APR 26 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES OF BOTTOMLANDS ALONG
THE RIGHT BANK FROM THE MOUTH OF SUGAR CREEK TO NORTHERN EDGE OF
MONTEZUMA BEGIN TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.3 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:45 AM EDT FRIDAY WAS 14.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD
STAGE.
- 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
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