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FLOOD WARNING |
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FLOOD WARNING ISSUED MARCH 7 AT 12:58PM EST UNTIL MARCH 14 AT 12:00AM EDT
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...ILLINOIS...
WHITE RIVER AT EDWARDSPORT, SPENCER, NEWBERRY, ELLISTON, HAZLETON,
AND PETERSBURG.
WABASH RIVER AT MOUNT CARMEL.
.TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA IS BRINGING WIDESPREAD MODERATE
FLOODING ACROSS THE EAST FORK WHITE AND LOWER WHITE BASINS AND THEIR
TRIBUTARIES. MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWEST REACH OF THE
WABASH RIVER AT MOUNT CARMEL STARTING SATURDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY AND NEXT WEEK COULD LENGTHEN THE AMOUNT OF
TIME AREA RIVERS REMAIN IN FLOOD OR BRING ADDITIONAL RISES NEXT WEEK.
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...WHITE RIVER AT EDWARDSPORT.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY, MARCH 14.
* IMPACTS...AT 22.9 FEET, A 25 FOOT SECTION OF LEVEE UNIT 8 FAILED
AT THIS LEVEL ON MARCH 6 2011...FLOODING LOCAL ROADS BEHIND THE
LEVEE. FLOODING NOT NEARLY AS BAD AS JUNE 2008 LEVEE FAILURE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 AM EST SATURDAY 6:00 AM CST SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS
20.8 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:00 AM EST SATURDAY 6:00 AM CST SATURDAY WAS
20.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 22.1
FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- HTTP: WWW.WEATHER.GOV SAFETY FLOOD |
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DAVIESS, IN, GIBSON, IN, KNOX, IN, PIKE, IN
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