Lexington Weather

Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

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4/30/2026 10:17am 
  • Lexington Conditions: Light rain, Mist, Overcast
  • Temperature: 47.7°F / 8.7°CWarmer 0.6°F than last hour.
  • Dew Point: 46.2°FIncreased 0.5°Fsince last hour.
  • Relative Humidity: 95% 
  • Wind: Calm, 10-min avg: Calm, gust: None
  • Barometer: 29.71 inFalling 0.02 inHg/hr Falling Slowly
  • Visibility: 2 miles
  • Rain Today: 0.10 in
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Flood Warning

Issued by the National Weather Service - Indianapolis, IN

    FLOOD WARNING  

Parke County, IN; Vermillion County, IN; Vigo County, IN

Flood Warning issued April 29 at 10:33PM EDT until May 3 at 3:42AM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN

FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING

Areas Affected: Parke, IN; Vermillion, IN; Vigo, IN

Urgency: Immediate

Severity: Severe

Certainty: Observed

Alert Sent: Wednesday 10:33pm EDT

Alert Effective: Wednesday 10:33pm EDT

Alert Expires: Thursday 2:00pm EDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Wednesday 10:33pm EDT

Event Ends: Sunday 3:42am EDT

Issued by: NWS Indianapolis IN

Details: 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Indiana...
Illinois...

Wabash River at Lafayette down to Covington...and at Hutsonville
Legacy Power Plant Site.

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Illinois...Indiana...

Wabash River at Montezuma down to Terre Haute...and at Riverton.

.Heavy rainfall since Monday afternoon totaling generally two to
four inches across western central Indiana...has produced minor
flooding along much of the Wabash River.  Flooding will end at
Lafayette and Covington Thursday...with minor flooding continuing at
Terre Haute and points downriver into next week.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Wabash River at Montezuma.

* WHEN...Until early Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Montezuma agricultural levee is
overtopped.  Fourteen hundred acres of low bottomlands flood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:45 PM EDT Wednesday the stage was 17.5 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 9:45 PM EDT Wednesday was 17.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 18.1
feet tomorrow evening. It will then fall below flood stage
Saturday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Information: 
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/ind.

The next statement should be issued Thursday afternoon by around 200
PM EDT /100 PM CDT/.

Meta data: 
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Codes: INC121, INC165, INC167
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8f1b04944c20bf4f3e499cbfede6c79eff1747e4.004.1