Putnam County

Flood Warning issued June 12 at 12:32PM EDT until June 16 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Illinois...Indiana... Wabash River at Montezuma, Terre Haute, Hutsonville Legacy Power Plant Site, and Riverton. .Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall in the Wabash basin are bringing minor lowland flooding to middle and lower portions of the Wabash River. The Wabash is expected to crest at Montezuma Saturday morning, with the crest reaching Riverton early next week. * WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Wabash River at Montezuma. * WHEN...Until early Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Montezuma agricultural levee is overtopped. Fourteen hundred acres of low bottomlands flood. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 11:45 AM EDT Friday the stage was 17.3 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 11:45 AM EDT Friday was 17.3 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 18.1 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Monday afternoon. - Flood stage is 14.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood