WGUS43 KIND 131539
FLWIND
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1139 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 
INDIANA... 

  EAST FORK WHITE RIVER...WABASH RIVER...

.LOWLAND FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ALONG A PORTION OF THE EAST FORK WHITE
RIVER IN THE SEYMOUR AREA,,,AND ALONG PORTIONS OF THE LOWER WABASH
RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. THE DEVELOPING FLOODING WILL
ONLY AFFECT LOW FARM LAND...SOME LOCAL RIVER ROADS...A FEW STATE
ROADS AND SOME RIVER PARKS.

ON THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER IN THE SEYMOUR AREA...FLOODING WILL
BEGIN ON MONDAY AS THE RIVER LEVEL GOES ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 12
FEET AROUND MIDDAY MONDAY. STATE ROAD 235 EAST OF MEDORA...STATE
ROAD 258 EAST OF CORTLAND...AND SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS WILL BE FLOODED
BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH WATER WILL AFFECT THESE ROADS UNTIL LATE 
WEDNESDAY. THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER AT SEYMOUR WILL CREST TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...TWO FEET ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 12 FEET. ONLY MINOR
FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

ON THE LOWER WABASH RIVER FROM TERRE HAUTE TO RIVERTON...THIS MINOR
FLOOD EVENT WILL ONLY AFFECT LOW FARMLAND NEAR THE RIVER...AND SOME
LOCAL ROADS CLOSE TO THE RIVER...INCLUDING OLD DARWIN ROAD IN 
CRAWFORD COUNTY ILLINOIS.

RAINFALL OF 2 INCHES TO AROUND 4 INCHES THAT OCCURRED ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL INDIANA ON SATURDAY...CAUSED FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS...WHICH THEN EMPTIED INTO THE WABASH AND WHITE RIVER SYSTEMS. 

THIS HEAVY RAIN EVENT WILL RESULT IN A QUICK RISE ON PARTS OF THE 
LOWER WABASH AND LOWER WHITE RIVERS...BUT WILL NOT CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING.

SAFETY MESSAGE...MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATER. TURN 
AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY. ALWAYS KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FLOODED
AREAS. RECREATIONAL AND AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
TO CHANGING RIVER CONDITIONS.

FOR DETAILED FLOOD INFORMATION GO TO WEATHER.GOV/IND ON THE WEB.  
FROM THE BLUE MENU BAR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE...CLICK ON RIVERS
AND LAKES.

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1139 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER AT SEYMOUR.
* FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO THURSDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
  CANCELLED.
* AT 10:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.7 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 14.2 FEET BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* AT 14.0 FEET...PASTURE LANDS...AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND SEVERAL
  COUNTY AND STATE ROADS BEGIN TO FLOOD. HIGH WATER ISOLATES A FEW
  RIVER CABINS.  STATE ROAD 235 EAST OF MEDORA AND COUNTY ROADS NEAR 
  SHIELDS AND VALLONIA FLOOD.  ROADS THAT BEGIN TO FLOOD INCLUDE 258 
  EAST OF CORTLAND...COUNTY ROAD 725 N JUST NORTH OF THE GAGING SITE 
  AND EWING ROAD NEAR BROWNSTOWN.

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1139 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT 10:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.3 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 15.3 FEET BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY MORNING.
* AT 16.0 FEET...LOWEST RIVER CABINS ACROSS FROM THE WABASH
GENERATING
  STATION BEGIN TO FLOOD.  FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND ALONG U.S. 
  63 NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE, WEST BANK OF RIVER AND IN SOUTHWEST VIGO 
  COUNTY OCCURS.  COUNTY ROADS FLOOD IN SOUTHWEST VIGO COUNTY.

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1139 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE.
* FROM TONIGHT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* AT 8 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS...13.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE 
  TO NEAR 17.4 FEET BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* AT 18.0 FEET...SEEP WATER OCCURS BEHIND LEVEES ON INDIANA SIDE.  
  HUTSON CREEK BEGINS TO OVERFLOW FROM BACKWATER.  OLD DARWIN ROAD 
  AND A FEW RURAL ROADS IN EASTERN CLARK AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN 
  ILLINOIS ARE IMPASSABLE.  LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND FLOODS.

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1139 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON.
* FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING
  IS CANCELLED.
* AT 10:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 15.5 FEET BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* AT 16.0 FEET...SOME AGRICULTURAL LANDS UNDERWATER.  A FEW RURAL 
  ROADS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY, ILLINOIS CLOSE AS WATER BACKS UP MINNOW 
  SLOUGH.  HIGH WATER AFFECTS CAMPGROUND AT LEAVERTON PARK IN 
  PALESTINE.  WATER LEVEL IS AT THE TOP OF MOST MAKESHIFT LEVEES.

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