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...Wabash River at Lafayette.

* WHEN...Until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Extensive flooding covers many acres of agricultural land. SR 225 closed by high water. Granville Bridge Public Access Site flooded. Tippecanoe CR 950 W south of CR 75 S floods in several places from the Wabash Bottoms, Janssen Tract to Warren CR 350 N in the Black Rock Preserve Area, a distance of nearly 1.5 miles. High water affects Fort Ouiatenon area. All parks in the West Lafayette and Lafayette areas are flooded.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 5:30 PM EDT Friday the stage was 16.7 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 5:30 PM EDT Friday was 16.7 feet. - Forecast...The river will rise to 17.9 feet tomorrow evening. It will then fall early Sunday afternoon. It will rise to 17.8 feet Monday morning. It will then fall again but remain above flood stage. - Flood stage is 11.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood