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FLWIND
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1129 AM EDT Wed Aug 12 2026
...The National Weather Service in Indianapolis IN has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Indiana...
Wabash River at Covington.
Wabash River at Montezuma.
.Heavy rainfall across northern and central Indiana will make its
way into the Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers and bring minor lowland
flooding along those rivers. Additional rainfall amounts of 1.5 to
2.5 inches through Friday morning in the upper parts of those basins
was included in the forecast, so any deviations from that could
change the crests and amount of time in flood.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/ind.
The next statement should be issued late tonight by around 230 AM
EDT.
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/CVGI3.1.ER.260813T1315Z.260814T0600Z.260816T1330Z.NO/
1129 AM EDT Wed Aug 12 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO LATE SUNDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Wabash River at Covington.
* WHEN...From Thursday morning to late Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Five Crossings, a local county river park
at old U.S. Highway 136 bridge site, begins to flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:45 AM EDT Wednesday the stage was 5.2 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late tomorrow morning to a crest of 18.4 feet early Friday
morning. It will then fall below flood stage late Sunday
morning.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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LAT...LON 4033 8709 4017 8737 3997 8739 3997 8745
4020 8747 4040 8709
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/O.NEW.KIND.FL.W.0152.260813T2100Z-260817T1000Z/
/MTZI3.1.ER.260813T2100Z.260815T0600Z.260816T2200Z.NO/
1129 AM EDT Wed Aug 12 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Wabash River at Montezuma.
* WHEN...From Thursday afternoon to Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Montezuma agricultural levee is
overtopped. Fourteen hundred acres of low bottomlands flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:45 AM EDT Wednesday the stage was 4.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 16.6 feet early Saturday
morning. It will then fall below flood stage Sunday evening.
- Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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LAT...LON 3997 8739 3986 8734 3961 8736 3961 8741
3985 8741 3997 8745
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