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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1043 PM EST THU MAR 5 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS IN HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...ILLINOIS...
WABASH RIVER AT MOUNT CARMEL.
.THE WABASH RIVER LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING, REACHING
FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY EVENING AND CREST THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK
AROUND 22.7 FEET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON BY AROUND 200
PM EST /100 PM CST/.
ILC047-059-185-193-INC051-083-129-061900-
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/MCRI2.1.ER.260307T0224Z.260312T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1043 PM EST THU MAR 5 2026 /943 PM CST THU MAR 5 2026/
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WABASH RIVER AT MOUNT CARMEL.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 22.9 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO FLOW OVER RIVER ROAD JUST
NORTH OF FIFTH STREET IN THE MOUNT CARMEL AREA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 PM EST THURSDAY /8:45 PM CST THURSDAY/ THE STAGE WAS
13.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TOMORROW EVENING AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 22.7
FEET THURSDAY, MARCH 12.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3846 8765 3828 8781 3822 8794 3822 8800
3827 8800 3847 8777
BH
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