WABASH RIVER...

.LOWLAND FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE WABASH RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA AS A RESULT OF RAINFALL UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN QUARTER OF THE STATE. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. FLOODING WILL AFFECT SOME LOCAL AND STATE ROADS, LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND, AND SOME RIVER PARKS. FLOODING WILL BEGIN TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON. * FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 9:45 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.4 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * AT 17.5 FEET...SOME LOW AGRICULTURAL FIELDS FLOOD. BACKYARD FLOOD OF COTTAGES A SHORT DISTANCE NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 136. HIGH WATER BLOCKS LAND ACCESS TO AT LEAST ONE RESIDENCE.