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River Flood Warning 85, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this river flood warning at May 21, 2010, 11:23 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It took effect at May 22, 2010, 2:11 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2010, 11:23 AM EDT (15:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 22, 2010, 2:11 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2010, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Wabash River at Covington (CVGI3). The gauge peaked at 19.55 ft at May 24, 2010, 2:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 11 ft
- Minor stage
- 16 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 29 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03336000, 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.
501 WGUS43 KIND 211523 FLWIND FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1123 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA... WHITE RIVER...WABASH RIVER... .HIGH RIVER LEVELS AND LOWLAND FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE AND WABASH RIVERS IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WATER LEVELS ALONG THE WABASH RIVER WILL BE THE HIGHEST SINCE LATE MARCH. LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND...SOME RIVER PARKS AND A FEW LOCAL ROADS WILL BE AFFECTED. MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN INDIANA RECEIVED FROM 1/2 TO NEARLY 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT. CENTRAL INDIANA HAS RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MAY 10. MUCH WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL ARRIVE IN INDIANA ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY JUNE. THIS WILL ALLOW SOILS TO DRY AND VEGETATION TO GROW RAPIDLY. AS A RESULT...RIVERS IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL RETURN TO NORMAL LEVELS BY MAY 28. 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. && INC027-051-083-125-221523- /O.NEW.KIND.FL.W.0083.100524T1800Z-100526T0200Z/ /FREI3.1.ER.100524T1800Z.100525T0600Z.100525T1400Z.NO/ 1123 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WHITE RIVER AT EDWARDSPORT. * FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY EVENING. * AT 7:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.4 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 15.2 FEET BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 15.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW AGRICULTURAL FIELDS BEGIN. DAVIESS CR 375 WN AND NORTH RIVER RD IN KNOX COUNTY LOCATED INSIDE THE LEVEES ARE FLOODED. $$ INC045-121-157-165-171-221522- /O.NEW.KIND.FL.W.0084.100522T0600Z-100524T1400Z/ /LAFI3.1.ER.100522T0600Z.100523T0000Z.100524T0200Z.NO/ 1123 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE. * FROM LATE TONIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING. * AT 10:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 11.8 FEET BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * AT 12.0 FEET...HIGH WATER AFFECTS A FEW LOW RIVER CABINS AND COUNTY ROADS. $$ INC045-121-165-171-221522- /O.NEW.KIND.FL.W.0085.100523T1200Z-100524T1800Z/ /CVGI3.1.ER.100523T1200Z.100523T1800Z.100524T0600Z.NO/ 1123 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON. * FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 7:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.0 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 16.1 FEET BY SUNDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY MONDAY 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. $$ INC121-165-167-221522- /O.NEW.KIND.FL.W.0086.100522T1000Z-100525T2000Z/ /MTZI3.1.ER.100522T1000Z.100523T1800Z.100525T0800Z.NO/ 1123 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA. * FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 9:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 15.6 FEET BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 14.0 FEET...SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES OF BOTTOMLANDS ALONG THE RIGHT BANK FROM THE MOUTH OF SUGAR CREEK TO NORTHERN EDGE OF MONTEZUMA BEGIN TO FLOOD. $$ ILC023-033-INC153-167-221522- /O.NEW.KIND.FL.W.0087.100523T1500Z-100526T0700Z/ /HUFI3.1.ER.100523T1500Z.100524T1800Z.100525T1900Z.NO/ 1123 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE. * FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * AT 10:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.9 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 14.4 FEET BY MONDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY 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. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-221522- /O.NEW.KIND.FL.W.0088.100522T1700Z-100527T0500Z/ /HUTI2.1.ER.100522T1700Z.100526T0000Z.100526T1700Z.NO/ 1123 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * AT 8:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.0 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.0 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * AT 18.0 FEET...SEEP WATER OCCURS BEHIND LEVEES ON INDIANA SIDE. HUTSON CREEK BEGINS TO OVERFLOW FROM BACKWATER. OLD DARWIN ROAD AND A FEW RURAL ROADS IN EASTERN CLARK AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS ARE IMPASSABLE. LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND FLOODS. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-221522- /O.NEW.KIND.FL.W.0089.100523T0300Z-100527T0600Z/ /RVTI3.1.ER.100523T0300Z.100525T1800Z.100526T1800Z.NO/ 1123 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON. * FROM SATURDAY EVENING TO LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * AT 10:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.5 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 15.5 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY EARLY 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. A FEW PRIVATE ROADS NEAR THE GILL TOWNSHIP LEVEE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY MAY FLOOD. WATER LEVEL IS AT THE TOP OF MOST MAKESHIFT LEVEES. $$
5 follow-up statements
689 WGUS83 KIND 221832 FLSIND FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 232 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2010 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVERS... WABASH RIVER...WHITE RIVER... .HIGH RIVER LEVELS AS WELL AS LOWLAND FLOODING IS DEVELOPING OR WILL SOON DEVELOP ALONG THE LOWER WHITE RIVER IN SOUTHERN INDIANA AND ALONG THE WABASH RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK. FLOODING SHOULD COME TO AN END BY THE VERY END OF THE MONTH. THIS WILL AFFECT SOME LOCAL ROADS... AGRICULTURAL LAND...OIL FIELDS AND RIVER PARKS. MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN INDIANA RECEIVED FROM 1/2 TO NEARLY 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT. EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN INDIANA AND INTENSIFIED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. RAINFALL TOTALS WERE CONSIDERABLY VARIABLE IN NATURE BUT TYPICALLY RANGED AGAIN FROM 1/2 TO 1 1/2 INCHES ALONG THE RIVER BASIN. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OCCURRED IN VIGO AND CLAY COUNTIES IN INDIANA AS WELL AS NEIGHBORING CLARK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS. SIMILAR AMOUNTS FELL IN DAVIESS...MARTIN...PIKE AND DUBOIS COUNTIES OF INDIANA. THIS IS ROUGHLY 1 TO 3 INCHES MORE PRECIPITATION THAN NORMAL FOR THE 7 DAY PERIOD ENDING AT 8 AM THIS MORNING. THE HIGHEST RIVER CRESTS IN COMPARISON WITH FLOOD STAGES ALONG THE RIVERS WILL OCCUR AT COVINGTON AND MONTEZUMA ALONG THE WABASH RIVER. THESE LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH LEVELS THAT ARE 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. NEW FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE PETERSBURG...HAZLETON...CLINTON AND VINCENNES AREAS WHERE RIVER LEVELS WILL RANGE FROM ABOUT 1/2 FOOT TO 1 1/2 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS COMING WEEK. MUCH WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR INDIANA THROUGH EARLY JUNE. THIS WILL ALLOW SOILS TO DRY AND VEGETATION TO GROW RAPIDLY. AS A RESULT...RIVERS IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL RETURN TO NORMAL LEVELS BY JUNE 1ST. 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. && INC027-051-083-125-221902- /O.CAN.KIND.FL.W.0083.000000T0000Z-100526T0200Z/ /FREI3.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 232 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE WHITE RIVER AT EDWARDSPORT. * AT 7:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.9 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 14.4 FEET MONDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * AT 15.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW AGRICULTURAL FIELDS BEGIN. DAVIESS CR 375 WN AND NORTH RIVER RD IN KNOX COUNTY LOCATED INSIDE THE LEVEES ARE FLOODED. $$ ILC185-INC027-051-083-125-231831- /O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0090.000000T0000Z-100524T1800Z/ /PTRI3.1.ER.100522T1307Z.100523T0600Z.100524T0600Z.NO/ 232 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WHITE RIVER AT PETERSBURG. * AT 1:00 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.5 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 AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * AT 17.0 FEET...FLOODING AFFECTS LOW AGRICULTURAL LANDS...LOW OIL FIELDS AND CLOSES BOTTOMS RD...BROTHERS RD AND EAST GOVERNERS RD IN KNOX COUNTY. IN AGRICULTURAL SEASON...FARMERS ARE CONCERNED AT THIS STAGE. $$ ILC185-INC051-083-231831- /O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0091.100523T1752Z-100525T1205Z/ /HAZI3.1.ER.100523T1752Z.100524T0600Z.100525T0005Z.NO/ 232 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WHITE RIVER AT HAZLETON. * FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY MORNING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO HAVE A MAXIMUM VALUE OF 16.6 FEET EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * AT 17.0 FEET...LOWEST READING AVAILABLE FROM THE HAZLETON STAFF GAGE. SINCE THE 1930S THE WHITE RIVER HAS MOVED FROM THE "OLD WELLHOUSE" TO SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE "OLD WELLHOUSE". THE RIVER RETURNS TO THE "OLD WELLHOUSE" AROUND 17 TO 17.5 FEET. $$ INC045-121-157-165-171-231831- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0084.000000T0000Z-100527T0000Z/ /LAFI3.1.ER.100522T0040Z.100523T1200Z.100526T1200Z.NO/ 232 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE. * AT 10:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.6 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.1 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AT 16.0 FEET...LOWLAND FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS. FLOOD WATERS NEAR STATE ROAD 225 BETWEEN INDIANA 25 AND BATTLEGROUND. WARREN CR 350 N NEAR BLACK ROCK PRESERVE AND TIPPECANOE CR 950 W IN THE WABASH BOTTOMS...JANSSEN TRACT...MAY BE IMPASSABLE. FORT OUIATENON GROUNDS BEGINS TO FLOOD. FLOODING AT THE GRANDVILLE PUBLIC ACCESS SITE. $$ INC045-121-165-171-231831- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0085.100522T1811Z-100527T1600Z/ /CVGI3.1.ER.100522T0312Z.100524T1800Z.100527T0400Z.NO/ 232 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON. * FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 11:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.9 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 20.0 FEET BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * AT 20.0 FEET...A FEW COUNTY ROADS BEGIN TO FLOOD. HIGHER BOTTOMLANDS BEGIN TO FLOOD. THE FIRST COTTAGE UPSTREAM FROM US 136 BRIDGE MAY BECOME ISOLATED BY HIGH WATER. $$ INC121-165-167-231831- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0086.000000T0000Z-100529T0400Z/ /MTZI3.1.ER.100522T0112Z.100524T1800Z.100528T1600Z.NO/ 232 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA. * AT 1:00 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.5 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 20.6 FEET BY MONDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * AT 20.0 FEET...PARK IN SOUTHERN MONTEZUMA BEGINS TO FLOOD. HIGHER BOTTOMLANDS BEGIN TO FLOOD. WATER BACKS UP MOST LOCAL TRIBUTARIES. RIVER WATER IS AT THE TOP OF SOME PRIVATE LEVEES. LOWEST COUNTY ROADS BEGIN TO FLOOD. PARK COUNTY ROAD 75 WEST BEGINS TO FLOOD. $$ INC121-165-167-231831- /O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0092.000000T0000Z-100528T0417Z/ /CLNI3.1.ER.000000T0000Z.100524T1800Z.100527T1617Z.NO/ 232 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT CLINTON. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO HAVE A MAXIMUM VALUE OF 20.6 FEET MONDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * AT 21.0 FEET...LOWLAND FLOODING IN PROGRESS. RIVER WATER RUNS THROUGH THE CITY OF CLINTON'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. $$ ILC023-033-INC153-167-231831- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0087.100522T1811Z-100530T1100Z/ /HUFI3.1.ER.100522T1009Z.100525T1800Z.100529T2300Z.NO/ 232 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE. * FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY MAY 30. * AT 2:00 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.8 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 18.5 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY EVENING. * AT 18.5 FEET...THE WABASH RIVER EXTENDS TO INTERSTATE 70 MILE MARKER NUMBER 4 FROM ITS WEST BANK IN THE TERRE HAUTE/WEST TERRE HAUTE AREA. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-231831- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0088.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /HUTI2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.100528T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 232 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE. * AT 8:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.1 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 20.6 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING THEN BEGIN FALLING. * AT 20.0 FEET...LEAVERTON PARK IN PALESTINE AND PARK IN HUTSONVILLE BEGINS TO FLOOD. AGRICULTURAL FLOODING SPREADS TO HIGHER LAND. SEEP WATER IS NOTICEABLE BEHIND LEVEES. SOME ELEVATED RIVER COTTAGES ARE SURROUNDED BY WATER. SEVERAL COUNTY OR TOWNSHIP ROADS EAST OF LINCOLN HERITAGE TRAIL BETWEEN PALESTINE AND HUTSONVILLE IN CRAWFORD COUNTY ILLINOIS ARE IMPASSABLE. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-231831- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0089.100522T1811Z-100601T1900Z/ /RVTI3.1.ER.100522T0955Z.100528T0600Z.100601T0700Z.NO/ 232 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON. * FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY JUNE 01. * AT 2:00 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.9 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 18.9 FEET BY FRIDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 18.5 FEET...HIGH WATER SURROUND ELEVATED RIVER CABINS. COUNTY ROADS TO THESE CABINS ARE IMPASSABLE. AGRICULTURAL FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS. SEEP WATER DEVELOPS BEHIND LEVEES. $$ ILC101-185-INC083-231831- /O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0093.100526T0700Z-100601T0000Z/ /VCNI3.1.ER.100526T0700Z.100529T1200Z.100531T1200Z.UU/ 232 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT VINCENNES. * FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT TO MONDAY MAY 31. * AT 1:45 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.0 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.6 FEET BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY MORNING. * AT 18.0 FEET...AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND SOME OIL FIELDS FLOOD. SEVERAL TOWNSHIP ROADS ABOUT 1.25 MILES SOUTH OF ST. FRANCESVILLE AND RIVER ROAD BETWEEN BILLETT ROAD AND LINCOLN MEMORIAL BRIDGE IN LAWRENCE COUNTY ARE FLOODED. EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF KIMMELL PARK AT VINCENNES. $$ BHH
272 WGUS83 KIND 231729 FLSIND FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 129 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2010 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR A PORTION OF THE FOLLOWING RIVER... WABASH RIVER... .MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE WABASH RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA THIS WEEK AS A RESULT OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF THIS PAST WEEK. WATER LEVELS WILL BE THE HIGHEST SINCE LATE MARCH FROM LAFAYETTE TO RIVERTON. VINCENNES IS EXPECTED TO SEE THE HIGHEST READINGS THIS YEAR WHILE MOUNT CARMEL SEES THE HIGHEST READING SINCE LATE MAY AND EARLY JUNE OF LAST YEAR. THIS WILL AFFECT SOME LOCAL ROADS...AGRICULTURAL LAND...OIL FIELDS AND RIVER PARKS. THE FLOOD WARNINGS ALONG THE TAIL END OF THE WHITE RIVER HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. THE RIVER CRESTED HALF A FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT PETERSBURG AND HAS SINCE DROPPED BELOW. THE RIVER CREST IS CURRENTLY IN THE HAZLETON AREA AND IS REACHING WITHIN HALF A FOOT BELOW FLOOD STAGE. ON THE WABASH RIVER THE CREST AS OF SUNDAY MORNING WAS AT LAFAYETTE WITH A STAGE READING OF 15.6 FEET...WHICH IS ABOUT 4 1/2 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER WILL BEGIN FALLING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE CREST WILL ARRIVE IN THE COVINGTON...MONTEZUMA...AND CLINTON AREAS MONDAY...TERRE HAUTE TUESDAY...HUTSONVILLE AND RIVERTON THURSDAY...THEN VINCENNES ON FRIDAY. CRESTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. VINCENNES AND MOUNT CARMEL ARE EXPECTED TO SEE CRESTS LESS THAN ONE FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE...TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S...AND ONLY A 20 TO 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS IS IN STORE THIS WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW SOILS TO DRY AND VEGETATION TO GROW RAPIDLY. AS A RESULT...RIVERS IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL RETURN TO NORMAL LEVELS BY JUNE 1ST. 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. && INC045-121-157-165-171-241729- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0084.000000T0000Z-100526T0000Z/ /LAFI3.1.ER.100522T0040Z.100523T1300Z.100525T1200Z.NO/ 129 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE. * AT 10:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.6 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 TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 16.0 FEET...LOWLAND FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS. FLOOD WATERS NEAR STATE ROAD 225 BETWEEN INDIANA 25 AND BATTLEGROUND. WARREN CR 350 N NEAR BLACK ROCK PRESERVE AND TIPPECANOE CR 950 W IN THE WABASH BOTTOMS...JANSSEN TRACT...MAY BE IMPASSABLE. FORT OUIATENON GROUNDS BEGINS TO FLOOD. FLOODING AT THE GRANDVILLE PUBLIC ACCESS SITE. $$ INC045-121-165-171-241729- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0085.000000T0000Z-100526T1600Z/ /CVGI3.1.ER.100522T0312Z.100524T1800Z.100526T0400Z.NO/ 129 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON. * AT 11:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.5 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 19.0 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AT 20.0 FEET...A FEW COUNTY ROADS BEGIN TO FLOOD. HIGHER BOTTOMLANDS BEGIN TO FLOOD. THE FIRST COTTAGE UPSTREAM FROM US 136 BRIDGE MAY BECOME ISOLATED BY HIGH WATER. $$ INC121-165-167-241729- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0086.000000T0000Z-100527T1800Z/ /MTZI3.1.ER.100522T0112Z.100524T0000Z.100527T0600Z.NO/ 129 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA. * AT 9:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.5 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 18.8 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * AT 18.0 FEET...MONTEZUMA AGRICULTURAL LEVEE IS OVERTOPPED. FOURTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF LOW BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. LOWEST BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. $$ INC121-165-167-241729- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0092.000000T0000Z-100526T1800Z/ /CLNI3.1.ER.000000T0000Z.100524T0000Z.100526T0600Z.NO/ 129 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT CLINTON. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO HAVE A MAXIMUM VALUE OF 18.8 FEET THIS EVENING. * AT 18.0 FEET...RIVER ROAD NEAR MECCA AND LOWEST AREAS OF RIVER PARK AT CLINTON BEGIN TO FLOOD. $$ ILC023-033-INC153-167-241728- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0087.000000T0000Z-100528T1000Z/ /HUFI3.1.ER.100522T1009Z.100525T0000Z.100527T2200Z.NO/ 129 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE. * AT 10:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.8 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.8 FEET BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY EVENING. * 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. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-241728- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0088.000000T0000Z-100530T0200Z/ /HUTI2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.100527T1200Z.100529T1400Z.NO/ 129 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE. * AT 8:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.7 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 19.5 FEET BY THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * AT 20.0 FEET...LEAVERTON PARK IN PALESTINE AND PARK IN HUTSONVILLE BEGINS TO FLOOD. AGRICULTURAL FLOODING SPREADS TO HIGHER LAND. SEEP WATER IS NOTICEABLE BEHIND LEVEES. SOME ELEVATED RIVER COTTAGES ARE SURROUNDED BY WATER. SEVERAL COUNTY OR TOWNSHIP ROADS EAST OF LINCOLN HERITAGE TRAIL BETWEEN PALESTINE AND HUTSONVILLE IN CRAWFORD COUNTY ILLINOIS ARE IMPASSABLE. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-241728- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0089.000000T0000Z-100530T0400Z/ /RVTI3.1.ER.100522T0955Z.100527T0600Z.100529T1600Z.NO/ 129 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON. * AT 10:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 18.0 FEET BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * AT 18.0 FEET...EXTENSIVE LOWLAND FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS. HIGH WATER SURROUNDS MANY RIVER CABINS. ACCESS TO MOST RIVER CABINS IS BY BOAT ONLY. LEVEES BEGIN TO PROTECT FARMLAND. EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF LEAVERTON PARK OCCURS IN PALESTINE ILLINOIS. $$ ILC101-185-INC083-241728- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0093.100527T0300Z-100529T1800Z/ /VCNI3.1.ER.100527T0300Z.100528T0000Z.100529T0600Z.UU/ 129 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT VINCENNES. * FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 10:45 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.5 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 16.4 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * AT 16.0 FEET...SOME FLOODING KIMMELL PARK IN VINCENNES. AGRICULTURAL LANDS FLOOD IN THE ST. FRANCISVILLE ILLINOIS AREA. $$ ILC047-059-185-193-INC051-083-129-241728- /O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0094.100524T1700Z-100526T0000Z/ /MCRI2.1.ER.100524T1700Z.100525T0000Z.100525T1200Z.NO/ 129 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT MOUNT CARMEL. * FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY EVENING. * AT 11:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 19.1 FEET BY TOMORROW EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 18.4 FEET...PUMPING STARTS AT MT. CARMEL. $$ ILC185-INC027-051-083-125-231759- /O.CAN.KIND.FL.W.0090.000000T0000Z-100524T1800Z/ /PTRI3.1.ER.100522T1307Z.100522T2300Z.100523T1026Z.NO/ 129 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE WHITE RIVER AT PETERSBURG. * AT 11:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.6 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 6:26 AM SUNDAY. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 14.2 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. * AT 16.0 FEET...FLOODING AFFECTS AGRICULTURAL LANDS. $$ ILC185-INC051-083-231759- /O.CAN.KIND.FL.W.0091.000000T0000Z-100525T1205Z/ /HAZI3.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 129 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE WHITE RIVER AT HAZLETON. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST BELOW FLOOD STAGE WITH A MAXIMUM VALUE OF 15.9 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. * AT 16.0 FEET...FLOODING BEGINS IN LOWEST BOTTOMLANDS AND A FEW LOCAL ROADS. HIGH WATER AFFECTS A FEW LOW OIL FIELDS. $$ HEROLD
611 WGUS83 KIND 241633 FLSIND FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1233 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA AND EASTERN ILLINOIS... WABASH RIVER... .HIGH RIVER LEVELS AND LOWLAND FLOODING CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA AND EASTERN ILLINOIS. FLOOD LEVELS RANGED FROM NEAR FLOOD STAGE TO NEARLY 5 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THIS WAS THE HIGHEST LEVEL FOR THE WABASH RIVER SINCE THE MIDDLE OF MARCH. THE WABASH RIVER WAS FALLING AT LAFAYETTE...NEAR CREST FROM COVINGTON TO TERRE HAUTE AND RISING SLOWLY FROM HUTSONVILLE TO VINCENNES. THE RIVER WILL REMAIN NEAR CREST LEVEL IN THE HUTSONVILLE...VINCENNES AND MOUNT CARMEL AREAS FOR 3 TO 5 DAYS. LITTLE RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...RIVER LEVELS WILL RETURN TO NORMAL BY JUNE 1. FLOODING AFFECTED LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND...SOME RIVER PARKS AND A FEW RURAL ROADS. 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. && INC045-121-157-165-171-251633- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0084.000000T0000Z-100526T1200Z/ /LAFI3.1.ER.100522T0040Z.100523T1300Z.100526T0000Z.NO/ 1233 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE. * AT 10:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.8 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 TOMORROW EVENING. * AT 14.0 FEET...LOWLAND FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS. HIGH WATER AFFECTS RIVER CABINS NEAR NORTH 9TH STREET. LOW COUNTY ROADS ARE NEARLY IMPASSABLE. TAPAWINGO PARK IN WEST LAFAYETTE BEGINS TO FLOOD. $$ INC045-121-165-171-251632- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0085.000000T0000Z-100527T0800Z/ /CVGI3.1.ER.100522T0312Z.100524T1800Z.100526T2000Z.NO/ 1233 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON. * AT 11:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.5 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 19.5 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. $$ INC121-165-167-251632- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0086.000000T0000Z-100528T0700Z/ /MTZI3.1.ER.100522T0112Z.100524T0900Z.100527T1900Z.NO/ 1233 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA. * AT 9:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.7 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * AT 18 FEET...MONTEZUMA AGRICULTURAL LEVEE IS OVERTOPPED. FOURTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF LOW BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. LOWEST BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. $$ INC121-165-167-251632- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0092.000000T0000Z-100526T1500Z/ /CLNI3.1.ER.000000T0000Z.100524T1800Z.100526T0300Z.NO/ 1233 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT CLINTON. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO HAVE A MAXIMUM VALUE OF 18.7 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. * AT 18.0 FEET...RIVER ROAD NEAR MECCA AND LOWEST AREAS OF RIVER PARK AT CLINTON BEGIN TO FLOOD. $$ ILC023-033-INC153-167-251632- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0087.000000T0000Z-100528T2000Z/ /HUFI3.1.ER.100522T1009Z.100525T0600Z.100528T0800Z.NO/ 1233 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE. * AT 10:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.4 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.5 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY MORNING. * AT 16 FEET...LOWEST RIVER CABINS ACROSS FROM THE WABASH GENERATING STATION BEGIN TO FLOOD. FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND ALONG U.S. 63 NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE, WEST BANK OF RIVER AND IN SOUTHWEST VIGO COUNTY OCCURS. COUNTY ROADS FLOOD IN SOUTHWEST VIGO COUNTY. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-251632- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0088.000000T0000Z-100530T0700Z/ /HUTI2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.100527T0600Z.100529T1900Z.NO/ 1233 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE. * AT 8:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.1 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 18.9 FEET BY THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY 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. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-251632- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0089.000000T0000Z-100530T0600Z/ /RVTI3.1.ER.100522T0955Z.100527T1200Z.100529T1800Z.NO/ 1233 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON. * AT 10:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.7 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 17.4 FEET BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * AT 18.0 FEET...EXTENSIVE LOWLAND FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS. HIGH WATER SURROUNDS MANY RIVER CABINS. ACCESS TO MOST RIVER CABINS IS BY BOAT ONLY. LEVEES BEGIN TO PROTECT FARMLAND. EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF LEAVERTON PARK OCCURS IN PALESTINE, ILLINOIS. $$ ILC101-185-INC083-241703- /O.CAN.KIND.FL.W.0093.000000T0000Z-100529T1800Z/ /VCNI3.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 1233 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT VINCENNES. * AT 11:45 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.8 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 15.0 FEET EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * AT 15 FEET...AGRICULTURAL FLOODING BEGINS IN THE ST. FRANCESVILLE, ILLINOIS AREA. $$ ILC047-059-185-193-INC051-083-129-241703- /O.CAN.KIND.FL.W.0094.000000T0000Z-100526T0000Z/ /MCRI2.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1233 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT MOUNT CARMEL. * AT 11:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.4 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 16.5 FEET. THE RIVER WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH FRIDAY. $$
731 WGUS83 KIND 251538 FLSIND FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1138 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA AND EASTERN ILLINOIS... WABASH RIVER... .HIGH RIVER LEVELS AND LOWLAND FLOODING CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA AND EASTERN ILLINOIS. FLOOD LEVELS RANGED FROM NEAR FLOOD STAGE TO 4.5 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THIS WAS THE HIGHEST LEVEL FOR THE WABASH RIVER SINCE THE MIDDLE OF MARCH. LATE TUESDAY MORNING...THE WABASH RIVER WAS FALLING AT LAFAYETTE ... COVINGTON...MONTEZUMA AND CLINTON...AT CREST AT TERRE HAUTE ... RISING SLOWLY AT HUTSONVILLE AND NEARLY STATIONARY AT VINCENNES. THE RIVER WILL REMAIN NEAR CREST LEVEL IN THE HUTSONVILLE AND VINCENNES AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY. FLOODING ALONG THE WABASH RIVER WILL END NORTH OF INTERSTATE 74 BY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 BY FRIDAY NIGHT. FLOODING WILL END IN THE HUTSONVILLE AREA BY SUNDAY. LITTLE RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...RIVER LEVELS WILL RETURN TO NORMAL BY JUNE 1. FLOODING AFFECTED LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND...SOME RIVER PARKS AND A FEW RURAL ROADS. 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. && INC045-121-157-165-171-261538- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0084.000000T0000Z-100527T0000Z/ /LAFI3.1.ER.100522T0040Z.100523T1300Z.100526T1200Z.NO/ 1138 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE. * AT 10:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.7 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 TOMORROW MORNING. * AT 12.0 FEET...HIGH WATER AFFECTS A FEW LOW RIVER CABINS AND COUNTY ROADS. $$ INC045-121-165-171-261537- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0085.000000T0000Z-100527T1800Z/ /CVGI3.1.ER.100522T0312Z.100524T2200Z.100527T0600Z.NO/ 1138 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON. * AT 7:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.2 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * AT 20.0 FEET...A FEW COUNTY ROADS BEGIN TO FLOOD. HIGHER BOTTOMLANDS BEGIN TO FLOOD. THE FIRST COTTAGE UPSTREAM FROM US 136 BRIDGE MAY BECOME ISOLATED BY HIGH WATER. $$ INC121-165-167-261537- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0086.000000T0000Z-100528T1200Z/ /MTZI3.1.ER.100522T0112Z.100524T0900Z.100528T0000Z.NO/ 1138 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA. * AT 9:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.5 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 THURSDAY EVENING. * AT 18.0 FEET...MONTEZUMA AGRICULTURAL LEVEE IS OVERTOPPED. FOURTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF LOW BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. LOWEST BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. $$ INC121-165-167-261537- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0092.000000T0000Z-100526T1930Z/ /CLNI3.1.ER.000000T0000Z.100525T1800Z.100526T0730Z.NO/ 1138 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT CLINTON. * OBSERVATION UNAVAILABLE. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. * FORECAST...FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY NIGHTFALL. * AT 18.0 FEET...RIVER ROAD NEAR MECCA AND LOWEST AREAS OF RIVER PARK AT CLINTON BEGIN TO FLOOD. $$ ILC023-033-INC153-167-261537- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0087.000000T0000Z-100529T0100Z/ /HUFI3.1.ER.100522T1009Z.100525T1400Z.100528T1300Z.NO/ 1138 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE. * AT 10:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.5 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 FRIDAY MORNING. * AT 16 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. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-261537- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0088.000000T0000Z-100530T1400Z/ /HUTI2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.100527T1200Z.100530T0200Z.NO/ 1138 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE. * AT 8:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.5 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 19.0 FEET BY THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * AT 20.0 FEET...LEAVERTON PARK IN PALESTINE AND PARK IN HUTSONVILLE BEGINS TO FLOOD. AGRICULTURAL FLOODING SPREADS TO HIGHER LAND. SEEP WATER IS NOTICEABLE BEHIND LEVEES. SOME ELEVATED RIVER COTTAGES ARE SURROUNDED BY WATER. SEVERAL COUNTY OR TOWNSHIP ROADS EAST OF LINCOLN HERITAGE TRAIL BETWEEN PALESTINE AND HUTSONVILLE IN CRAWFORD COUNTY ILLINOIS ARE IMPASSABLE. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-261537- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0089.000000T0000Z-100530T1300Z/ /RVTI3.1.ER.100522T0955Z.100527T1800Z.100530T0100Z.NO/ 1138 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON. * AT 10:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.1 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 17.5 FEET BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * AT 18.0 FEET...EXTENSIVE LOWLAND FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS. HIGH WATER SURROUNDS MANY RIVER CABINS. ACCESS TO MOST RIVER CABINS IS BY BOAT ONLY. LEVEES BEGIN TO PROTECT FARMLAND. EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF LEAVERTON PARK OCCURS IN PALESTINE, ILLINOIS. $$
195 WGUS83 KIND 261429 FLSIND FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1029 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA AND EASTERN ILLINOIS... WABASH RIVER... .HIGH RIVER LEVELS AND LOWLAND FLOODING CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA AND EASTERN ILLINOIS. FLOOD LEVELS RANGED FROM NEAR FLOOD STAGE TO 3.5 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THIS WAS THE HIGHEST LEVEL FOR THE WABASH RIVER SINCE THE MIDDLE OF MARCH. LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE WABASH RIVER WAS FALLING AT LAFAYETTE... COVINGTON...MONTEZUMA...CLINTON AND TERRE HAUTE AND NEAR CREST AT HUTSONVILLE AND AT VINCENNES. THE RIVER WILL REMAIN NEAR CREST LEVEL IN THE HUTSONVILLE AND VINCENNES AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. FLOODING ALONG THE WABASH RIVER WILL END NORTH OF INTERSTATE 74 BY SUNSET WEDNESDAY...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 BY SUNSET FRIDAY AND NORTH OF U. S. HIGHWAY 50 BY SUNSET SUNDAY. LITTLE RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...RIVER LEVELS WILL RETURN TO NORMAL BY JUNE 1. FLOODING AFFECTED LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND...SOME RIVER PARKS AND A FEW RURAL ROADS. 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. && INC045-121-157-165-171-261459- /O.CAN.KIND.FL.W.0084.000000T0000Z-100527T0000Z/ /LAFI3.1.ER.100522T0040Z.100523T1300Z.100526T0730Z.NO/ 1029 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE. * AT 6:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.7 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 3:30 AM WEDNESDAY. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 9.5 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. * AT 11.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND BEGINS IN WESTERN PART OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY. $$ INC045-121-165-171-271300- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0085.000000T0000Z-100527T1300Z/ /CVGI3.1.ER.100522T0312Z.100524T2200Z.100527T0100Z.NO/ 1029 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON. * AT 7:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.6 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT. * AT 18 FEET...FIVE CROSSINGS, A LOCAL COUNTY RIVER PARK AT OLD U.S. HIGHWAY 136 BRIDGE SITE BEGINS TO FLOOD. $$ INC121-165-167-271428- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0086.000000T0000Z-100528T0800Z/ /MTZI3.1.ER.100522T0112Z.100524T0900Z.100527T2000Z.NO/ 1029 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA. * AT 9:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.7 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. * AT 18 FEET...MONTEZUMA AGRICULTURAL LEVEE IS OVERTOPPED. FOURTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF LOW BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. LOWEST BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. $$ INC121-165-167-261459- /O.CAN.KIND.FL.W.0092.000000T0000Z-100526T1930Z/ /CLNI3.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1029 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT CLINTON. * OBSERVATION UNAVAILABLE. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST BELOW FLOOD STAGE WITH A MAXIMUM VALUE OF 17.5 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. * AT 18.0 FEET...RIVER ROAD NEAR MECCA AND LOWEST AREAS OF RIVER PARK AT CLINTON BEGIN TO FLOOD. $$ ILC023-033-INC153-167-271428- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0087.000000T0000Z-100529T0036Z/ /HUFI3.1.ER.100522T1009Z.100525T1700Z.100528T1236Z.NO/ 1029 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE. * AT 10:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.4 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY MORNING. * AT 16 FEET...LOWEST RIVER CABINS ACROSS FROM THE WABASH GENERATING STATION BEGIN TO FLOOD. FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND ALONG U.S. 63 NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE, WEST BANK OF RIVER AND IN SOUTHWEST VIGO COUNTY OCCURS. COUNTY ROADS FLOOD IN SOUTHWEST VIGO COUNTY. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-271428- /O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0088.000000T0000Z-100530T1500Z/ /HUTI2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.100527T1200Z.100530T0300Z.NO/ 1029 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE. * AT 8:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.8 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 19.0 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * AT 20.0 FEET...LEAVERTON PARK IN PALESTINE AND PARK IN HUTSONVILLE BEGINS TO FLOOD. AGRICULTURAL FLOODING SPREADS TO HIGHER LAND. SEEP WATER IS NOTICEABLE BEHIND LEVEES. SOME ELEVATED RIVER COTTAGES ARE SURROUNDED BY WATER. SEVERAL COUNTY OR TOWNSHIP ROADS EAST OF LINCOLN HERITAGE TRAIL BETWEEN PALESTINE AND HUTSONVILLE IN CRAWFORD COUNTY ILLINOIS ARE IMPASSABLE. $$ ILC033-101-INC083-153-271428- /O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0089.000000T0000Z-100530T1300Z/ /RVTI3.1.ER.100522T0955Z.100527T0600Z.100530T0100Z.NO/ 1029 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON. * AT 10:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.4 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 17.5 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * AT 18.0 FEET...EXTENSIVE LOWLAND FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS. HIGH WATER SURROUNDS MANY RIVER CABINS. ACCESS TO MOST RIVER CABINS IS BY BOAT ONLY. LEVEES BEGIN TO PROTECT FARMLAND. EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF LEAVERTON PARK OCCURS IN PALESTINE, ILLINOIS. $$
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 May 21, 10:54 AM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 10:54 AM EDT, 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1054 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATED SYNOPSIS AND NEAR TERM. && .SYNOPSIS... SURFACE LOW PRESSURE HAS MOVED INTO WESTERN ILLINOIS...AND THE UPPER LOW IS CONCENTRATED OVER IOWA AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. CURRENT RADAR LOOPS ARE SHOWING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA. && .NEAR TERM /THIS AFTERNOON/... MAIN FORECAST ISSUE FOR THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUES TO BE THE TIMING OF PRECIPITATION AND THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED ACTIVITY WILL LINGER FOR A FEW MORE HOURS...BUT IT/S EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATER TODAY AS AFTERNOON HEATING FUELS POSSIBLE CONVECTION. SO...KEPT LIKELY POPS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS PRECIPITATION BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES ARE ON TRACK WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE LOW 70S. DO NOT EXPECT CLOUD COVER TO DISSIPATE ENOUGH TO WARRANT INCREASING TODAY/S HIGHS. THE ONLY OTHER CHANGE WAS BUMPING POPS UP ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS DUE TO CURRENT ACTIVITY ON RADAR. LATER TODAY...SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY 00Z SATURDAY. MODELS SHOW GOOD ISENTROPIC LIFT AND VERTICAL VELOCITIES. BOTH NAM/GFS INDICATE THAT WE ARE IN THE LEFT FRONT QUADRANT OF AN APPROACHING 300 MB SPEED MAX. PRECIPITABLE WATER IS ABOUT 1.5 INCHES AND ALL OF THESE PARAMETERS INDICATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SPC INDICATES A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OUR REGION. NAM INDICATES CAPES AS HIGH AS 2500 J/KG ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND AROUND A 1000 J/KG MOST OTHER AREAS. HOWEVER LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS NOT THAT STRONG AND I WONDER IF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE MORE OF A THREAT THAN SEVERE WEATHER. SINCE THERE WILL BE A LULL IN PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING WILL NOT MENTION ANY WATER HEADLINES AT THIS TIME. WILL MENTION HEAVY RAINFALL IN ZONES AND HWO HOWEVER. WILL ALSO MENTION SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN HWO PER SPC...EVEN THOUGH SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS MARGINAL. && .SHORT TERM... / TONIGHT AND SATURDAY / MODELS MOVE UPPER TROUGH ACROSS OUR REGION DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS THE SURFACE LOW TRACKS TO NORTHWEST OHIO NEAR OR SHORTLY AFTER 12Z SATURDAY. WILL GRADUALLY END SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE WEST OVERNIGHT. WENT WITH A MAV/MET BLEND ON POPS...BUT SLIGHTLY CLOSER TO HIGHER MET VALUES. ON SATURDAY THERE WILL BE DECREASING CLOUDS AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS EAST INTO OUR REGION AND SURFACE LOW CONTINUES EAST ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO. BOTH NAM/GFS HAVE TRENDED A LITTLE QUICKER IN ENDING PRECIPITATION BY SATURDAY AND WILL ONLY MENTION LOW CHANCES OF SHOWERS MAINLY RANDOLPH COUNTY FOR SATURDAY MORNING. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES ARE CONCERNED WILL MAV/MET NUMBERS ARE CLOSE AND SEEM REASONABLE. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... ECMWF...GEM NH AND GFS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT MOST OF NEXT WEEK AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE PLACE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND PROVIDE A NE FLOW OF DRY AIR TO CENTRAL INDIANA. IMPRESSED WITH THE GFS AND ECMWF BOTH DEPICTING A CLOSED H5 HIGH OVER MICHIGAN THROUGH MUCH OF THE NEXT WORK WEEK. FORECAST SOUNDINGS AT THIS TIME HINT AT SOME AFTERNOON DAY TIME HEATING DRIVEN INSTABILITY SHOWERS POSSIBLE EACH DAY...HOWEVER WITH H7 TEMPS APPROACHING 10C...CAPPING WILL BE POSSIBLE ALSO. FURTHERMORE WITH THE LACK OF ANY UPPER SUPPORT OR FORCING...WILL LEAVE OUT ANY MENTION FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS OR STORMS FOR NOW. HOWEVER AS WE GET CLOSER TO NEXT WEEK WE WILL NEED TO WATCH SOUNDINGS CLOSELY. ALSO MODELS ROTATE AN UPPER LOW INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. BY MID WEEK AND THIS MAY EVENTUALLY BRING A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION LATER IN THE UPCOMING WEEK. 00Z MEX MOS HAS TRENDED QUITE A BIT WARMER EARLY NEXT WEEK. ALTHOUGH I DON EXPECT ANY 90S EXPECT POSSIBLY OUR SOUTHWEST...WILL RAISE HIGH TEMPERATURES A LITTLE FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR 211200Z TAF ISSUANCE/... LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN BY LATE TONIGHT. A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE TROUGHS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS INDIANA FROM TODAY INTO TONIGHT. BY ABOUT 06Z THE LAST OF THESE WILL BE PASSING TO THE EAST AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE BUILDING OVER THE STATE. GROUND IS WET FROM RECENT RAIN AND CONDENSATION WILL OCCUR AT RELATIVELY LOW LEVELS. DAYTIME HEATING AND TROUGHS SWEEPING BY WILL KEEP CEILINGS MAINLY MVFR UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. HEATING AND TROUGHS WILL ALSO CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES BOTH IFR IN STORMS. BETWEEN STORMS THERE WILL BE ENOUGH WIND TO KEEP VISIBILITIES P6SM. BY EARLY TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BUT LOWER LAYERS OF ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN DAMP. STRATUS AND FOG WILL RESULT WITH WIDESPREAD IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES. VFR SHOULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY AFTER SUNRISE SATURDAY. WINDS MOSTLY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 KNOTS TODAY BECOMING WEST AND QUITE LIGHT TONIGHT. && .HYDROLOGY... TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS RANGING FROM ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THIS FORECAST PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY HAVE AN EFFECT ON AREA RIVER LEVELS AS SOIL CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY SATURATED ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE REGION...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN FA. MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE FRIDAY ALONG THE WABASH...ESPECIALLY AT MONTEZUMA...TERRE HAUTE...HUTSONVILLE AND RIVERTON. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...TDUD NEAR TERM...JH/TDUD SHORT TERM...JH LONG TERM....JH/PUMA AVIATION...KWIATKOWSKI HYDROLOGY...AJH
Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 5:06 AM EDT, 6 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 506 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 INZ041-042-049-221000- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENRY- 506 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR LATER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. IN ADDITION A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...BUT CONDITIONS WILL BE MARGINAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. | && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ021-028>031-035>040-043>048-053>057-062>065-071-072-221000- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN- BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 506 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR LOW LAND FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN A FEW OF THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ051-052-060-061-067>070-221000- VIGO-CLAY-SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE- 506 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) JH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 21, 10:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1000 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 INZ028-029-211500- TIPPECANOE-WARREN- 1000 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 AT 955 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES WEST OF WILLIAMSPORT...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF DANVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RAINSVILLE AROUND 1015 AM EDT... PINE VILLAGE AROUND 1030 AM EDT... OTTERBEIN AROUND 1050 AM EDT... SMALL PEA SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. SMF
Local storm report, May 21, 10:28 AM EDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1028 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0955 AM HAIL 2 N WEST LEBANON 40.30N 87.38W
05/21/2010 U0.25 INCH WARREN IN EMERGENCY MNGR
INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD 263 AND WEST DIVISION ROAD.
POWER OUTAGE DUE TO UNKNOWN REASON.
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HEROLDSpecial weather statement, May 21, 11:03 AM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1103 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 INZ051-052-060-211600- CLAY-SULLIVAN-VIGO- 1103 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010 AT 1058 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF SULLIVAN...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RILEY AROUND 1120 AM EDT... CORY AND SALINE CITY AROUND 1125 AM EDT... CENTER POINT AND STAUNTON AROUND 1135 AM EDT... BRAZIL AROUND 1140 AM EDT... HARMONY AND KNIGHTSVILLE AROUND 1145 AM EDT... CARBON AROUND 1150 AM EDT... EXPECT PEA SIZED HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS WHICH MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. SMF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 27 hr |
| May 21, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 5 days |
| May 21, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 7 days |
| May 21, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 7 days |
| May 21, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 10 days |
| May 21, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 9 days |
| May 21, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 47 min |
| May 21, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 58 min |
| May 21, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 52 min |
| May 21, 3:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vigo | 25 min |
| May 21, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 51 min |
| May 21, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 32 min |
| May 21, 4:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Warren | 33 min |
| May 21, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Clay, Putnam | 43 min |
| May 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Putnam | 52 min |
| May 21, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 49 min |
| May 21, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 51 min |
| May 21, 4:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess | 3 hr |
| May 21, 5:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 21, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 18 min |
| May 21, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Putnam | 46 min |
| May 21, 5:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Martin | 3 hr |
| May 21, 7:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Daviess | 4 hr |
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River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010
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.