Terre Haute, Indiana

The Flood Warning continues for
the Wabash River at Terre Haute.
* From late Monday night to late Wednesday night... or until the
warning is cancelled.
* At 10:00 am Sunday the stage was 6.8 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
* Forecast... rise above flood stage by late Monday night and continue
to rise to near 14.3 feet by Tuesday evening. The river will fall
below flood stage by Wednesday afternoon.
* At 14.0 feet... agricultural flooding begins along West Bank across
from water works, southwest Vigo County and northeast Crawford
County, IL. Low County roads in these areas begin to flood. Old
Darwin Road begins to flood near Darwin, IL, and northeast Crawford
County.





1102 am EDT sun may 11 2008

The Flood Warning continues for
the Wabash River at Montezuma.
* From Monday afternoon to Wednesday evening... or until the warning
is cancelled.
* At 9:00 am Sunday the stage was 8.1 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
* Forecast... rise above flood stage by Monday afternoon and continue
to rise to near 15.2 feet by Tuesday morning. The river will fall
below flood stage by Wednesday morning.
* At 14.0 feet... several hundred acres of bottomlands along the right
bank from the mouth of Sugar Creek to northern edge of Montezuma
begin to flood.

... On this date in Indiana weather history...

1886 Williamsport to northeast of Attica... a tornado said
      to sound like the roar of a great Waterfall struck killing
      five people and injuring 12. It was said that in Attica
      in five minutes 200 homes were destroyed. A second tornado
      in Wilkinson took two more lives and injured 12 more.