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River Flood Warning 221, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2009, 10:18 AM EST for 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Dec 26, 2009, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2009, 10:18 AM EST (15:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2009, 9:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2009, 9:56 PM EST
- In force
- 49 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Wabash River at Lafayette (LAFI3).
- Action stage
- 7 ft
- Minor stage
- 11 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 26 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03335500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS43 KIND 261518 FLWIND FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1018 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA... WABASH RIVER... .LOWLAND FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE WABASH RIVER IN THE LAFAYETTE AND COVINGTON AREAS. SIGINIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. FLOODING WILL AFFECT SOME LOCAL AND STATE ROADS...LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND AND SOME RIVER PARKS. FLOODING WILL BEGIN BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATER. TURN AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY. 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. && INC045-121-157-165-171-271518- /O.NEW.KIND.FL.W.0221.091227T0200Z-091229T1800Z/ /LAFI3.1.ER.091227T0200Z.091227T1800Z.091229T0600Z.NO/ 1018 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE. * FROM THIS EVENING TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 9:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 12.8 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 12.0 FEET...HIGH WATER AFFECTS A FEW LOW RIVER CABINS AND COUNTY ROADS. $$ INC045-121-165-171-271517- /O.NEW.KIND.FL.W.0222.091227T2100Z-091229T1900Z/ /CVGI3.1.ER.091227T2100Z.091228T1200Z.091229T0700Z.NO/ 1018 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON. * FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 6:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.7 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.4 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 18.0 FEET...FIVE CROSSINGS, A LOCAL COUNTY RIVER PARK AT OLD U.S. HIGHWAY 136 BRIDGE SITE BEGINS TO FLOOD. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WGUS83 KIND 261532 FLSIND FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1032 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVERS... WABASH RIVER... .LOWLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WABASH RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA AND EASTERN ILLINOIS DURING THE REST OF THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. RIVER CRESTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 4 FEET HIGHER THAN HIGH WATER LEVELS EXPERIENCED EARLIER IN DECEMBER. FLOODING WILL AFFECT SOME LOCAL RIVER ROADS...AGRICULTURAL LAND AND RIVER PARKS. FLOODING MAY LAST THRU THURSDAY. RAIN OF 1 TO NEARLY 3 INCHES FELL IN EASTERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN INDIANA SINCE EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN EASTERN ILLINOIS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATER. TURN AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY. 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. && INC045-121-157-165-171-271532- /O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0221.091227T0200Z-091229T1800Z/ /LAFI3.1.ER.091227T0200Z.091227T1800Z.091229T0600Z.NO/ 1032 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE. * FROM THIS EVENING TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 9:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 12.8 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 12.0 FEET...HIGH WATER AFFECTS A FEW LOW RIVER CABINS AND COUNTY ROADS. $$ INC045-121-165-171-271531- /O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0222.091227T2100Z-091229T1900Z/ /CVGI3.1.ER.091227T2100Z.091228T1200Z.091229T0700Z.NO/ 1032 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON. * FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 6:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.7 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.4 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 18.0 FEET...FIVE CROSSINGS, A LOCAL COUNTY RIVER PARK AT OLD U.S. HIGHWAY 136 BRIDGE SITE BEGINS TO FLOOD. $$ INC121-165-167-271531- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0207.000000T0000Z-091231T1200Z/ /MTZI3.1.ER.091226T1145Z.091229T0600Z.091231T0000Z.NO/ 1032 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA. * AT 8:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.2 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 17.4 FEET BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AT 18.0 FEET...MONTEZUMA AGRICULTURAL LEVEE IS OVERTOPPED. FOURTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF LOW BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. LOWEST BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. $$ ILC023-033-INC153-167-271531- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0208.091227T1200Z-100101T0200Z/ /HUFI3.1.ER.091227T1200Z.091230T0600Z.091231T1400Z.NO/ 1032 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE. * FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY EVENING. * AT 9:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.2 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 15.5 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * AT 16.0 FEET...LOWEST RIVER CABINS ACROSS FROM THE WABASH GENERATING STATION BEGIN TO FLOOD. FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND ALONG U.S. 63 NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE, WEST BANK OF RIVER AND IN SOUTHWEST VIGO COUNTY OCCURS. COUNTY ROADS FLOOD IN SOUTHWEST VIGO COUNTY. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-271531- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0209.091227T0100Z-100102T0500Z/ /HUTI2.1.ER.091227T0100Z.091231T0600Z.100101T1700Z.NO/ 1032 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE. * FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * AT 8:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.5 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.6 FEET BY THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * 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. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-271531- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0210.091227T0600Z-100102T0400Z/ /RVTI3.1.ER.091227T0600Z.091231T1200Z.100101T1600Z.NO/ 1032 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON. * FROM LATE TONIGHT TO FRIDAY EVENING. * AT 9:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 16.1 FEET BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * AT 16.0 FEET...SOME AGRICULTURAL LANDS UNDERWATER. A FEW RURAL ROADS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY, ILLINOIS CLOSE AS WATER BACKS UP MINNOW SLOUGH. HIGH WATER AFFECTS CAMPGROUND AT LEAVERTON PARK IN PALESTINE. WATER LEVEL IS AT THE TOP OF MOST MAKESHIFT LEVEES. $$
000 WGUS83 KIND 270314 FLSIND FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1014 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVER... WABASH RIVER... .LOWLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WABASH RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA AND EASTERN ILLINOIS DURING THE REST OF THIS WEEKEND. RIVER CRESTS ARE EXPECTED RANGE FROM 2 FEET TO ABOUT 4 FEET HIGHER THAN HIGH WATER LEVELS EXPERIENCED EARLIER IN DECEMBER. THIS LATEST ROUND OF FLOODING IS BEING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THAT OCCURRED IN EASTERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN INDIANA ON WEDNESDAY. FLOODING WILL AFFECT SOME LOCAL RIVER ROADS...SOME RIVER CABINS AND COTTAGES...LOW BOTTOMLAND AND RIVER PARKS. THE MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING WILL END IN THE LAFAYETTE AREA BY MONDAY...AND END AT TERRE HAUTE ON WEDNESDAY. LOWLAND FLOODING WILL LAST UNTIL ABOUT THURSDAY IN THE HUTSONVILLE AND RIVERTON AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && INC045-121-157-165-171-280314- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0221.000000T0000Z-091229T0600Z/ /LAFI3.1.ER.091227T0800Z.091228T0000Z.091228T1800Z.NO/ 1014 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE. * AT 9:00 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.4 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SUNDAY AND RISE TO NEAR 12.9 FEET BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * AT 12.0 FEET...HIGH WATER AFFECTS A FEW LOW RIVER CABINS AND COUNTY ROADS. $$ INC045-121-165-171-280313- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0222.091228T0200Z-091229T2100Z/ /CVGI3.1.ER.091228T0200Z.091228T1800Z.091229T0900Z.NO/ 1014 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON. * FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 6:00 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.5 FEET BY MONDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 18.0 FEET...FIVE CROSSINGS, A LOCAL COUNTY RIVER PARK AT OLD U.S. HIGHWAY 136 BRIDGE SITE BEGINS TO FLOOD. $$ INC121-165-167-280313- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0207.000000T0000Z-091230T2000Z/ /MTZI3.1.ER.091226T1145Z.091229T1200Z.091230T0800Z.NO/ 1014 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA. * AT 8:00 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.2 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.7 FEET BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AT 18.0 FEET...MONTEZUMA AGRICULTURAL LEVEE IS OVERTOPPED. FOURTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF LOW BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. LOWEST BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. $$ ILC023-033-INC153-167-280313- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0208.091228T0600Z-091231T0900Z/ /HUFI3.1.ER.091228T0600Z.091230T0600Z.091230T2100Z.NO/ 1014 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE. * FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT TO LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * AT 9:00 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.5 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 14.9 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 14.0 FEET...AGRICULTURAL FLOODING BEGINS ALONG WEST BANK ACROSS FROM WATER WORKS, SOUTHWEST VIGO COUNTY AND NORTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTY, IL. LOW COUNTY ROADS IN THESE AREAS BEGIN TO FLOOD. OLD DARWIN ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD NEAR DARWIN, IL, AND NORTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTY. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-280313- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0209.000000T0000Z-100101T1100Z/ /HUTI2.1.ER.091227T0145Z.091231T0000Z.091231T2300Z.NO/ 1014 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE. * AT 8:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.5 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND RISE TO NEAR 17.1 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY EVENING. * 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. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-280313- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0210.091227T1800Z-100101T1000Z/ /RVTI3.1.ER.091227T1800Z.091231T0600Z.091231T2200Z.NO/ 1014 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON. * FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * AT 9:00 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.1 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 15.5 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 16.0 FEET...SOME AGRICULTURAL LANDS UNDERWATER. A FEW RURAL ROADS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY, ILLINOIS CLOSE AS WATER BACKS UP MINNOW SLOUGH. HIGH WATER AFFECTS CAMPGROUND AT LEAVERTON PARK IN PALESTINE. WATER LEVEL IS AT THE TOP OF MOST MAKESHIFT LEVEES. $$
000 WGUS83 KIND 271923 FLSIND FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 223 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVER... WABASH RIVER... .LOWLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WABASH RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA AND EASTERN ILLINOIS THROUGH LATE TODAY. RIVER CRESTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ABOUT 2 TO 6 FEET HIGHER THAN HIGH WATER LEVELS EXPERIENCED EARLIER IN DECEMBER. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN DECEMBER THAT RIVER LEVELS ARE EXCEEDING FLOOD STAGE AT THESE LOCATIONS ON THE WABASH. RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO GO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THE END OF THE MONTH FROM TERRE HAUTE NORTHWARD. HUTSONVILLE AND RIVERTON SHOULD DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE THE FOLLOWING DAY...ON NEW YEARS DAY. THIS LATEST ROUND OF FLOODING IS BEING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THAT FELL IN EASTERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN INDIANA THIS PAST WEDNESDAY. FLOODING WILL AFFECT SOME LOCAL RIVER ROADS...SOME RIVER CABINS AND COTTAGES...LOW BOTTOMLAND AND RIVER PARKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATER. TURN AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY. 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. && INC045-121-157-165-171-281923- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0221.000000T0000Z-091229T1400Z/ /LAFI3.1.ER.091227T0624Z.091228T0000Z.091229T0200Z.NO/ 223 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE. * AT 1:00 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.0 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 12.7 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW EVENING. * AT 12.0 FEET...HIGH WATER AFFECTS A FEW LOW RIVER CABINS AND COUNTY ROADS. $$ INC045-121-165-171-281922- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0222.091228T0400Z-091230T0300Z/ /CVGI3.1.ER.091228T0400Z.091228T1800Z.091229T1500Z.NO/ 223 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON. * FROM THIS EVENING TO TUESDAY EVENING. * AT 10:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.3 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 18.0 FEET...FIVE CROSSINGS...A LOCAL COUNTY RIVER PARK AT OLD U.S. HIGHWAY 136 BRIDGE SITE BEGINS TO FLOOD. $$ INC121-165-167-281922- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0207.000000T0000Z-091231T0500Z/ /MTZI3.1.ER.091226T1145Z.091229T1200Z.091230T1700Z.NO/ 223 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA. * AT 12:00 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.9 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.9 FEET BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * AT 18.0 FEET...MONTEZUMA AGRICULTURAL LEVEE IS OVERTOPPED. FOURTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF LOW BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. LOWEST BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. $$ ILC023-033-INC153-167-281922- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0208.091227T1846Z-091231T2000Z/ /HUFI3.1.ER.091227T1606Z.091230T0000Z.091231T0800Z.NO/ 223 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE. * FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 1:00 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.1 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 15.1 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY MORNING. * AT 16.0 FEET...LOWEST RIVER CABINS ACROSS FROM THE WABASH GENERATING STATION BEGIN TO FLOOD. FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND ALONG U.S. 63 NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE...WEST BANK OF RIVER AND IN SOUTHWEST VIGO COUNTY OCCURS. COUNTY ROADS FLOOD IN SOUTHWEST VIGO COUNTY. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-281922- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0209.000000T0000Z-100102T0000Z/ /HUTI2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.091231T0600Z.100101T1200Z.NO/ 223 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE. * AT 8:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 17.4 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY 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. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-281922- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0210.000000T0000Z-100101T2200Z/ /RVTI3.1.ER.091227T1730Z.091231T1800Z.100101T1000Z.NO/ 223 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON. * AT 1:00 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.0 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 15.9 FEET BY THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY MORNING. * AT 16.0 FEET...SOME AGRICULTURAL LANDS UNDERWATER. A FEW RURAL ROADS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY ILLINOIS CLOSE AS WATER BACKS UP MINNOW SLOUGH. HIGH WATER AFFECTS CAMPGROUND AT LEAVERTON PARK IN PALESTINE. WATER LEVEL IS AT THE TOP OF MOST MAKESHIFT LEVEES. $$ BH
000 WGUS83 KIND 280232 FLSIND FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 932 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVERS... WABASH RIVER... .LOWLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE LOWER WABASH RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA AND EASTERN ILLINOIS EARLY THIS WEEK. RIVER CRESTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ABOUT 2 FEET TO 6 FEET HIGHER THAN WATER LEVELS EXPERIENCED EARLIER IN DECEMBER. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN DECEMBER THAT RIVER LEVELS ARE EXCEEDING FLOOD STAGE AT THESE LOCATIONS ON THE WABASH. RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEEKS END FROM TERRE HAUTE NORTHWARD. AT HUTSONVILLE AND RIVERTON WATER LEVELS SHOULD FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND NEW YEARS DAY. THIS LATEST ROUND OF FLOODING WAS CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 INCH TO 3 INCHES THAT FELL IN EASTERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN INDIANA THIS PAST WEDNESDAY. FLOODING WILL AFFECT SOME LOCAL RIVER ROADS...SOME RIVER CABINS AND COTTAGES...LOW BOTTOMLAND AND RIVER PARKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && INC045-121-157-165-171-290232- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0221.000000T0000Z-091229T1100Z/ /LAFI3.1.ER.091227T0624Z.091227T2200Z.091228T2300Z.NO/ 932 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE. * AT 5:00 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.1 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER LEVEL WILL CONTINUE FALLING AND GO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY EVENING. * AT 12.0 FEET...HIGH WATER AFFECTS A FEW LOW RIVER CABINS AND COUNTY ROADS. $$ INC045-121-165-171-290231- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0222.091228T0240Z-091229T2100Z/ /CVGI3.1.ER.091228T0240Z.091228T1200Z.091229T0900Z.NO/ 932 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON. * UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 6:00 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.8 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 16.6 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 16.0 FEET...LOW AGRICULTURAL LANDS BEGIN TO FLOOD. BACKYARD FLOODING OF COTTAGES ON RIGHT BANK STARTS A SHORT DISTANCE UPSTREAM OF GAGE. CRITICAL STAGE OF YOUNG-NEAL LEVEE IS REACHED. $$ INC121-165-167-290231- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0207.000000T0000Z-091231T0300Z/ /MTZI3.1.ER.091226T1145Z.091229T0000Z.091230T1500Z.NO/ 932 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA. * AT 8:00 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.2 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.6 FEET BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AT 18.0 FEET...MONTEZUMA AGRICULTURAL LEVEE IS OVERTOPPED. FOURTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF LOW BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. LOWEST BOTTOMLAND FLOODS. $$ ILC023-033-INC153-167-290231- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0208.000000T0000Z-091231T1500Z/ /HUFI3.1.ER.091227T1606Z.091229T1800Z.091231T0300Z.NO/ 932 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE. * AT 9:00 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 14.9 FEET BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * AT 14.0 FEET...AGRICULTURAL FLOODING BEGINS ALONG WEST BANK ACROSS FROM WATER WORKS, SOUTHWEST VIGO COUNTY AND NORTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTY, IL. LOW COUNTY ROADS IN THESE AREAS BEGIN TO FLOOD. OLD DARWIN ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD NEAR DARWIN, IL, AND NORTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTY. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-290231- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0209.000000T0000Z-100101T1400Z/ /HUTI2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.091231T0600Z.100101T0200Z.NO/ 932 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE. * AT 8:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 17.3 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * 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. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-290231- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0210.000000T0000Z-100101T1500Z/ /RVTI3.1.ER.091227T1730Z.091231T0000Z.100101T0300Z.NO/ 932 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON. * AT 9:00 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 15.7 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * AT 16.0 FEET...SOME AGRICULTURAL LANDS UNDERWATER. A FEW RURAL ROADS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY, ILLINOIS CLOSE AS WATER BACKS UP MINNOW SLOUGH. HIGH WATER AFFECTS CAMPGROUND AT LEAVERTON PARK IN PALESTINE. WATER LEVEL IS AT THE TOP OF MOST MAKESHIFT LEVEES. $$
000 WGUS83 KIND 281625 FLSIND FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1125 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA AND EAST ILLINOIS... WABASH RIVER... .HIGH RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. RIVER LEVELS WERE AT OR NEAR CREST LATE MONDAY MORNING. LOWLAND FLOODING WILL END BY FRIDAY. FLOODING AFFECTED A FEW LOCAL RIVER ROADS...FALLOW AGRICULTURAL LAND AND RIVER PARKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATER. TURN AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY. 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. && INC045-121-157-165-171-291000- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0221.000000T0000Z-091229T1000Z/ /LAFI3.1.ER.091227T0624Z.091227T2200Z.091228T2200Z.NO/ 1125 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE. * AT 9:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.4 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * AT 11.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND BEGINS IN WESTERN PART OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY. $$ INC045-121-165-171-291624- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0222.000000T0000Z-091229T2000Z/ /CVGI3.1.ER.091228T0210Z.091228T1800Z.091229T0800Z.NO/ 1125 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON. * AT 10:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.4 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.5 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW. * AT 16.0 FEET...LOW AGRICULTURAL LANDS BEGIN TO FLOOD. BACKYARD FLOODING OF COTTAGES ON RIGHT BANK STARTS A SHORT DISTANCE UPSTREAM OF GAGE. CRITICAL STAGE OF YOUNG-NEAL LEVEE IS REACHED. $$ INC121-165-167-291624- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0207.000000T0000Z-091231T0200Z/ /MTZI3.1.ER.091226T1145Z.091228T1300Z.091230T1400Z.NO/ 1125 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA. * AT 8:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.4 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AT 18.0 FEET...MONTEZUMA AGRICULTURAL LEVEE IS OVERTOPPED. FOURTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF LOW BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. LOWEST BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. $$ ILC023-033-INC153-167-291624- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0208.000000T0000Z-091231T1400Z/ /HUFI3.1.ER.091227T1606Z.091229T1800Z.091231T0200Z.NO/ 1125 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE. * AT 9:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.6 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 14.9 FEET BY TOMORROW EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * AT 14.0 FEET...AGRICULTURAL FLOODING BEGINS ALONG WEST BANK ACROSS FROM WATER WORKS, SOUTHWEST VIGO COUNTY AND NORTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTY, IL. LOW COUNTY ROADS IN THESE AREAS BEGIN TO FLOOD. OLD DARWIN ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD NEAR DARWIN, IL, AND NORTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTY. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-291624- /O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0209.000000T0000Z-100101T1400Z/ /HUTI2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.091231T0000Z.100101T0200Z.NO/ 1125 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE. * AT 8:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.1 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 17.3 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * 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. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-291624- /O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0210.000000T0000Z-100101T1500Z/ /RVTI3.1.ER.091227T1730Z.091231T0000Z.100101T0300Z.NO/ 1125 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON. * AT 9:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.6 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 15.7 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * AT 16.0 FEET...SOME AGRICULTURAL LANDS UNDERWATER. A FEW RURAL ROADS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY, ILLINOIS CLOSE AS WATER BACKS UP MINNOW SLOUGH. HIGH WATER AFFECTS CAMPGROUND AT LEAVERTON PARK IN PALESTINE. WATER LEVEL IS AT THE TOP OF MOST MAKESHIFT LEVEES. $$
000 WGUS83 KIND 290256 FLSIND FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 956 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVERS... WABASH RIVER... .HIGH RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. RIVER LEVELS WERE AT OR NEAR CREST LATE MONDAY MORNING. LOWLAND FLOODING WILL END BY FRIDAY. AT LAFAYETTE THE WATER LEVEL FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER LEVEL AT LAFAYETTE WILL CONTINUE A STEADY FALL INTO THE NEW YEAR. THE CURRENT FLOODING IS AFFECTING A FEW LOCAL RIVER ROADS...FALLOW AGRICULTURAL LAND...AND RIVER PARKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && INC045-121-157-165-171-290326- /O.CAN.KIND.FL.W.0221.000000T0000Z-091229T1000Z/ /LAFI3.1.ER.091227T0624Z.091227T2200Z.091228T1917Z.NO/ 956 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE. * AT 9:00 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.5 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 2:17 PM MONDAY. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 8.7 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AT 11.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND BEGINS IN WESTERN PART OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY. $$ INC045-121-165-171-291540- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0222.000000T0000Z-091229T1540Z/ /CVGI3.1.ER.091228T0210Z.091228T1600Z.091229T0340Z.NO/ 956 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON. * AT 6:00 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.2 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BEFORE SUNRISE TUESDAY. * AT 16.0 FEET...LOW AGRICULTURAL LANDS BEGIN TO FLOOD. BACKYARD FLOODING OF COTTAGES ON RIGHT BANK STARTS A SHORT DISTANCE UPSTREAM OF GAGE. CRITICAL STAGE OF YOUNG-NEAL LEVEE IS REACHED. $$ INC121-165-167-300255- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0207.000000T0000Z-091231T0000Z/ /MTZI3.1.ER.091226T1145Z.091228T1300Z.091230T1200Z.NO/ 956 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA. * AT 8:00 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.2 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AT 18.0 FEET...MONTEZUMA AGRICULTURAL LEVEE IS OVERTOPPED. FOURTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF LOW BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. LOWEST BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. $$ ILC023-033-INC153-167-300255- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0208.000000T0000Z-091231T1300Z/ /HUFI3.1.ER.091227T1606Z.091229T1800Z.091231T0100Z.NO/ 956 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE. * AT 9:00 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.7 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 14.9 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AT 14.0 FEET...AGRICULTURAL FLOODING BEGINS ALONG WEST BANK ACROSS FROM WATER WORKS, SOUTHWEST VIGO COUNTY AND NORTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTY, IL. LOW COUNTY ROADS IN THESE AREAS BEGIN TO FLOOD. OLD DARWIN ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD NEAR DARWIN, IL, AND NORTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTY. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-300255- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0209.000000T0000Z-100101T1500Z/ /HUTI2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.091230T1200Z.100101T0300Z.NO/ 956 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE. * AT 8:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.1 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 17.2 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * 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. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-300255- /O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0210.000000T0000Z-100101T1500Z/ /RVTI3.1.ER.091227T1730Z.091231T0000Z.100101T0300Z.NO/ 956 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON. * AT 9:00 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.8 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.0 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * AT 16.0 FEET...SOME AGRICULTURAL LANDS UNDERWATER. A FEW RURAL ROADS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY, ILLINOIS CLOSE AS WATER BACKS UP MINNOW SLOUGH. HIGH WATER AFFECTS CAMPGROUND AT LEAVERTON PARK IN PALESTINE. WATER LEVEL IS AT THE TOP OF MOST MAKESHIFT LEVEES. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Dec 26, 8:35 AM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 8:35 AM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 835 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 .UPDATE... UPDATED FORECAST TO REFLECT CURRENT SKY COVER AS EASTERN HALF OF FORECAST AREA HAS BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR. CLOUDS SHOULD REDEVELOP THIS MORNING IN THE COLD ADVECTION AND RETURN EVERYONE TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. ALSO DELAYED CHANCES FOR SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS EASTERN AREAS UNTIL MAINLY THE AFTERNOON AS IT LOOKS TO TAKE A WHILE FOR THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY TO ROTATE IN. && .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 26/12Z TAFS. UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO SPIN OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES ARLY THIS MORNING. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY IS NOW OFF TO THE EAST OF ALL TERMINALS. SKIES HAVE BRIEFLY CLEARED AT KBMG AND KIND AS OF 11Z. ANY BREAKS SHOULD BE TEMPORARY THIS MORNING WITH LARGE AREA OF STRATOCUMULUS ALREADY EXPANDING INTO KHUF AND KLAF THIS MORNING AHEAD OF AREA OF SNOW SHOWERS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. CONTINUED LOW LEVEL COLD ADVECTION AND SHALLOW INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR QUICK EXPANSION TO LOWER CLOUDS ACROSS ALL OF THE TERMINALS BY MIDDAY. NEXT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ROTATING AROUND THE LOW WILL SWING THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE SNOW SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE LIKELY TO IMPACT KLAF AS SOON AS MID MORNING...MOST OF THE IMPACTS WILL BE FELT AT THE TERMINALS DURING THE AFTERNOON. MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL SITES EXCEPT KBMG. IN WAKE OF THE SECOND DISTURBANCE THIS EVENING...SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD DECREASE IN COVERAGE BUT CEILINGS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN MVFR CATEGORY. SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS MORNING WILL VEER TO SOUTHWEST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. WIND GUSTS UP TO 25KTS ARE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...WITH GUSTS DIMINISHING IN WAKE OF THE SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY NEAR THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AS UPPER LOW PINWHEELS INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY AND WILL BE ADDRESSED IN GREATER DETAIL WITH SUBSEQUENT TAF FORECASTS. && .DISCUSSION...DEEP UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER THE MIDWEST EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY LIFT OFF TO THE NORTHEAST DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS...EVENTUALLY REACHING THE NEW ENGLAND REGION BY MONDAY EVENING. SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL BE ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW...KEEPING THINGS UNSETTLED THROUGH SUNDAY. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE MAJOR FEATURES. FORECAST FORECAST CENTERS ON POPS. FOR TODAY...VORTICITY LOBE CURRENTLY PUSHING THROUGH THE LOCAL AREA WITH AN ASSOCIATED BAND OF SNOW SHOWERS. BASED ON ITS MOVEMENT...SHOULD BE WELL EAST OF THE AREA BY SUNRISE. OTHERWISE...MAY NOT SEE TOO MUCH ACTIVITY UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON WHEN MODEL DATA INDICATE THE NEXT IMPULSE SHOULD BE APPROACHING THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES. WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS FOR SNOW SHOWERS ALL AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST POPS IN THE NORTHWEST. POCKETS OF CLEARING SKIES EARLY THIS MORNING SHOULD BE TEMPORARY...WITH INSTABILITY CLOUDS FILLING BACK IN AFTER SUNRISE. IN THE LATER PERIODS...DISTURBANCE MENTIONED ABOVE SHOULD BE MOVING THROUGH TONIGHT...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS. STILL LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE ON SUNDAY AS THE BULK OF THE UPPER ENERGY PUSHES THROUGH. COULD SEE SOME ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 1/2 TO 1 INCH RANGE AT THAT TIME BASED ON QPF PROGS OFF THE MODELS. PRECIPITATION THREAT SHOULD END BY SUNDAY NIGHT AS UPPER TROUGH PASSES OFF TO THE EAST. BASED ON LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES...THE GFS MOS HIGHS FOR TODAY MAY BE A FEW DEGREES ON THE WARM SIDE. WILL NUDGE THE GUIDANCE DOWN A BIT TODAY. REMAINDER OF THE PERIODS LOOK OK FOR THE MOST PART. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && UPDATE...CS PUBLIC...JAS AVIATION...RYAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 5:49 AM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 549 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 INZ021-028>031-035>042-045>049-052>057-061>065-068>072-271100- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-GREENE- MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- JENNINGS- 549 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. SOUTHERLY WINDS MAY GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH TODAY. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ043-044-051-060-067-271100- VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-SULLIVAN-KNOX- 549 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WABASH RIVER. SOUTHERLY WINDS MAY GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH TODAY. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE WABASH RIVER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) JAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 10:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 68 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.