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Flood Warning

Issued At: Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 4:17 AM EDT
Expires At: Monday, 18 May 2009, 4:17 AM EDT

...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVERS... EAST FORK WHITE RIVER...EEL RIVER...WABASH RIVER...WHITE RIVER... .ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM AN INCH TO TWO INCHES. THIS RAINFALL IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUS RAINFALL WILL ALLOW FOR PORTIONS OF THE EAST FORK WHITE...EEL...WABASH...AND WHITE RIVERS IN CENTRAL INDIANA TO DEVELOP OR CONTINUE LOWLAND FLOODING. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LOWLAND FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ON THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER AT SEYMOUR AND THE EEL RIVER AT BOWLING GREEN. LOWLAND FLOODING WILL DEVELOP OR CONTINUE ON THE WHITE RIVER FROM SPENCER TO HAZLETON AND ON THE WABASH RIVER FROM LAFAYETTE TO MOUNT CARMEL. LOWLAND FLOODING WILL AFFECT SOME UNIMPROVED LOCAL RIVER ROADS...LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND...AND A FEW RIVER PARKS. THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE. * FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 6:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.2 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 14.9 FEET BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 15.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS APPROACHING FOUNTAIN CR 350 N IN THE BLACK ROCK PRESERVE AREA. WILLIAMSPORT ROAD IN FOUNTAIN COUNTY MAY BEGIN TO FLOOD. IN LATE DECEMBER 2008...THE ROAD FLOODED WHEN THE RIVER CRESTED AT 17.2 FEET ON THE LAFAYETTE GAGE.

Areas affected: Warren, Tippecanoe, Fountain, Vermillion, Parke


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