Flood Warning

Issued At: Thursday, 16 Apr 2009, 10:09 AM EDT
Expires At: Tuesday, 21 Apr 2009, 5:00 PM EDT

...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVERS... EAST FORK WHITE RIVER...MUSCATATUCK RIVER...WABASH RIVER...WHITE RIVER... .RAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY CAUSED MODEST RISES ON RIVERS IN CENTRAL INDIANA. WIDESPREAD LOWLAND FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG RIVERS IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE WABASH RIVER NEAR LAFAYETTE WAS AT CREST THURSDAY MORNING. THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON WILL CREST BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MONTEZUMA AND CLINTON WILL REMAIN STEADY THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE FALLING. SOUTH OF CLINTON THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL. LOWLAND FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE WHITE RIVER NEAR SPENCER. OTHERWISE THE RIVER WILL REMAIN STEADY OR FALL ON THE WHITE RIVER. THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER NEAR SEYMOUR HAS CRESTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TODAY. THE MUSCATATUCK RIVER NEAR WHEELER HOLLOW IS NEAR CREST AND WILL BEGIN TO FALL BY THIS EVENING. DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY WILL ALLOW FOR THE RIVERS TO CONTINUE TO FALL. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA BY SUNDAY. FLOODING AFFECTED NUMEROUS UNIMPROVED LOCAL RIVER ROADS...SOME STATE ROADS...LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND AND RIVER PARKS. ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON. * UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 7:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.6 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 19.0 FEET BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * AT 20.0 FEET...A FEW COUNTY ROADS BEGIN TO FLOOD. HIGHER BOTTOMLANDS BEGIN TO FLOOD. THE FIRST COTTAGE UPSTREAM FROM US 136 BRIDGE MAY BECOME ISOLATED BY HIGH WATER.

Areas affected: Fountain, Gibson, Knox, Parke, Vermillion, Warren


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