Flood Warning

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following waterways and locations in Indiana...Illinois...

Wildcat Creek near Lafayette.

Wabash River at Terre Haute, Montezuma, Covington, Hutsonville Legacy Power Plant Site, and Riverton.

...The Flood Warning continues for the following river ad location in Indiana...

Wabash River at Lafayette.

.Repeating rounds of showers and thunderstorms over the past 72 hours, ending at 8 AM this morning, has brought copious rainfall to eastern, northern central, and much of western Indiana. Maximum radar estimates range from roughly three inches near Terre Haute to six to seven inches from Vermilion County, Illinois southeast to northern Vermillion, southern Fountain, and northern Parke counties in Indiana.

The crest at Lafayette is expected Saturday, Terre Haute Sunday night, and Mt Mount Carmel early in the week of August 23.

More rain, on and off, is in the forecast through Sunday night. Please keep abreast of changes to the forecast and our river products for the latest.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Wildcat Creek near Lafayette.

* WHEN...Until Tuesday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Flooding of Wildcat Creek Park and possible residential areas in the vicinity of Eisenhower Rd.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 4:45 PM EDT Friday the stage was 11.6 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 4:45 PM EDT Friday was 11.6 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.7 feet tomorrow evening. It will then fall below flood stage early Tuesday morning. - Flood stage is 10.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood