River Flood Warning 69, NWS Indianapolis, IN

776 
WGUS83 KIND 101456
FLSIND
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1056 AM EDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...

  WABASH RIVER...

.LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WABASH RIVER IN 
WESTERN INDIANA BY MIDWEEK. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT
EXPECTED. FLOODING WILL AFFECT SOME LOCAL AND STATE ROADS...LOW
AGRICULTURAL LAND AND SOME RIVER PARKS.

FORECAST RAINFALL OF ONE HALF OF AN INCH TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE 
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY WHICH WILL IMPACT AREA RIVERS. 
ADDITIONALLY...MELTING OF ANY REMAINING SNOW COVER ACROSS NORTHERN 
INDIANA WILL GRADUALLY MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE RIVER SYSTEM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

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1056 AM EDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE FLOOD
WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE.
* FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* AT 10:30 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 12.0 FEET BY TUESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 12.0 FEET...HIGH WATER AFFECTS A FEW LOW RIVER CABINS AND COUNTY 
  ROADS.

$$

INC045-121-165-171-111455-
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/CVGI3.1.ER.130312T0651Z.130313T0000Z.130314T0824Z.NO/
1056 AM EDT SUN MAR 10 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON.
* FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 9:45 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.2 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY MORNING.
* AT 17.5 FEET...SOME LOW AGRICULTURAL FIELDS FLOOD.  BACKYARD FLOOD 
  OF COTTAGES A SHORT DISTANCE NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 136.  HIGH WATER 
  BLOCKS LAND ACCESS TO AT LEAST ONE RESIDENCE.  FROM APRIL 21 TO MAY
  5, 2011 AT LEAST ONE SOUTH RIVER ROAD RESIDENT BOATED TO HIS HOUSE 
  BECAUSE OF PROLONGED HIGH WATER WHEN THE RIVER WAS ABOVE 17.5 FEET.

$$

INC121-165-167-111455-
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/MTZI3.1.ER.130311T1424Z.130313T1800Z.130316T0000Z.NO/
1056 AM EDT SUN MAR 10 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA.
* FROM MONDAY MORNING TO SATURDAY MORNING.
* AT 9:46 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.0 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE MORNING AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 18.2 FEET BY WEDNESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. 
  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY EVENING.
* AT 18.0 FEET...MONTEZUMA AGRICULTURAL LEVEE IS OVERTOPPED.  FOURTEEN
  HUNDRED ACRES OF LOW BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD.  LOWEST BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD.

$$

INC121-165-167-111455-
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/CLNI3.1.ER.130313T0600Z.130313T1800Z.130314T0300Z.NO/
1056 AM EDT SUN MAR 10 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT CLINTON.
* FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT TO THURSDAY MORNING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO HAVE A MAXIMUM VALUE OF 18.2 
  FEET WEDNESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
* AT 18.0 FEET...RIVER ROAD NEAR MECCA AND LOWEST AREAS OF RIVER PARK 
  AT CLINTON BEGIN TO FLOOD.

$$

ILC023-033-INC153-167-111455-
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/HUFI3.1.ER.130312T0730Z.130314T0600Z.130316T1617Z.NO/
1056 AM EDT SUN MAR 10 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE.
* FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY MARCH 17.
* AT 10:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 16.2 FEET BY THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER 
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
* 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.  THE 
  WETLAND PROJECTS BETWEEN US 40 AND I-70 BEGIN TO SLOWLY FILL.

$$

ILC033-101-INC083-153-111455-
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/HUTI2.1.ER.130312T0730Z.130316T0000Z.130318T0712Z.NO/
1056 AM EDT SUN MAR 10 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE.
* FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT TO MONDAY MARCH 18.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO HAVE A MAXIMUM VALUE OF 18.2 
  FEET FRIDAY 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-INC083-153-111455-
/O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0072.130312T1424Z-130318T1800Z/
/RVTI3.1.ER.130312T1424Z.130316T1200Z.130318T0600Z.NO/
1056 AM EDT SUN MAR 10 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON.
* FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO MONDAY MARCH 18.
* AT 10:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.0 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 16.9 FEET BY SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY MONDAY 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.  A FEW PRIVATE ROADS NEAR THE GILL TOWNSHIP LEVEE IN 
  SULLIVAN COUNTY MAY FLOOD.  WATER LEVEL IS AT THE TOP OF MOST 
  MAKESHIFT LEVEES.

$$

771 
WGUS83 KIND 111616
FLSIND
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1216 PM EDT MON MAR 11 2013

......THE FLOOD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE 
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...

  WABASH RIVER...

.THE WABASH RIVER AT CLINTON IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO EXCEED FLOOD
STAGE. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ALERT TO FLOOD DEBRIS ON PREVIOUSLY FLOODED ROADS.  KEEP CHILDREN 
AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS.  RECREATIONAL AND AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS 
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING RIVER CONDITIONS.

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

&&

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1216 PM EDT MON MAR 11 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT CLINTON.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST BELOW FLOOD STAGE WITH A MAXIMUM 
  VALUE OF 16.4 FEET EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1001 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2013

.UPDATE...
THE NEAR TERM SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW

&&

.SYNOPSIS...

ISSUED AT 337 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2013

HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH TO THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS BY TONIGHT AND
KEEP DRY WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL THEN. LOW PRESSURE
OVER THE PLAINS STATES WILL THEN PUSH A WARM FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL
INDIANA TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY
NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING CHANCES FOR RAIN BACK TO THE STATE. HIGH
PRESSURE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL BUILD INTO OUR REGION BY THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THIS AFTERNOON/...

ISSUED AT 947 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2013

SURFACE ANALYSIS LATE THIS MORNING SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED
OVER WESTERN NY AND LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. SOUTHEASTERN
FLOW WAS IN PACE AT THE SURFACE. RADAR MOSIACS SHOW SCT LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS...PUSHING NORTHEAST. CLOUDS AMID
WARM AIR ADVECTION ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INVADE AND THICKEN
ACROSS INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE TRENDED CLOUDIER IN THE SKY
GRIDS THIS AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE WARM AIR ADVECTION IN PLACE
ONGOING HIGH TEMPS LOOK ON THE MARK AND NO CHANGES MADE.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...

ISSUED AT 337 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2013

TONIGHT WAA WILL STILL BE ONGOING WITH A TONGUE OF MOISTURE MOVING
INTO WESTERN INDIANA LATE TONIGHT. WITH SOME LIFT SOME PRECIP LOOKS
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WRN COUNTIES. HOWEVER BEST FORCING AND CHANCES
FOR RAIN COMES LATER IN THE DAY SUNDAY AND INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE
UPPER TROUGH TO THE WEST BEGINS TO SLIDE TO THE NORTHEAST EJECTING
PLENTY OF DYNAMICS ALOFT ACROSS INDIANA AND THE OHIO VALLEY.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND TIME HEIGHTS SHOW DEEP SATURATION. GIVEN THE
EXPECTED PRECIPITATION WILL TREND HIGHS ON SUNDAY COOLER THAN
GUIDANCE...BUT STICK CLOSE TO MAVMOS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT LOWS AS FROPA
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL INTRODUCE A NEW AIR MASS. TOTAL QPF
AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE AROUND HALF AN INCH OR LESS.

FOR MONDAY...POST FROPA...EXPECT A STRATOCU DECK TO HANG AROUND THE
REGION. NW FLOW ALOFT ALONG WITH THE DEPARTING UPPER WAVE COULD LEAD
TO SOME LIGHT RAIN OR EVEN CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS AREA NORTH
OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR GIVEN THE COLD ENOUGH THICKNESSES AND TEMPS.
WILL KEEP A LOW CHC FOR NOW ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW
MEXMOS GIVEN THE EXPECTED COLD AIR ADVECTION. FORECAST LOOKS DRY BY
MONDAY NIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...

ISSUED AT 337 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2013

ENSEMBLE DATA INDICATE A NORTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE AREA AS UPPER RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE ROCKIES AND AN
UPPER TROUGH DEVELOPS ALONG THE EAST COAST.

SOME OF THE ENSEMBLES SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW WEAK EMBEDDED
DISTURBANCES RIPPLING THROUGH THE FLOW LATER NEXT WEEK...ROUGHLY
FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. NONE OF THESE LOOK PARTICULARLY
IMPRESSIVE AT THIS POINT...AND THE MAJORITY OF THE ENSEMBLES ARE
STILL DRY. WILL KEEP THE LONG TERM DRY FOR NOW.

&&

.AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 091500Z TAF UPDATE/...

ISSUED AT 926 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2013

KIND TAF LOOKS GOOD...ONLY MADE MINOR CHANGES AS MID CLOUD EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS...
MODEL DATA SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SURFACE WIND GUSTS
APPROACHING 15 KTS FROM 130-150 DEGREES BY THE EARLY TO MID
AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY.

OTHERWISE...CEILINGS ABOVE 050...UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITY EXPECTED AT
THE TAF SITES THROUGH 100000Z.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SYNOPSIS...SMF
NEAR TERM...PUMA
SHORT TERM...SMF
LONG TERM....JAS
AVIATION...JAS/50

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
337 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2013

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-100845-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
337 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

HAZARDS: NONE.

DISCUSSION: HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH TO THE APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAINS BY TONIGHT AND KEEP DRY WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA
UNTIL THEN. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS STATES WILL THEN PUSH A
WARM FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT...BRINGING CHANCES FOR
RAIN BACK INTO THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

OUTLOOK: MELTING SNOW FOLLOWED BY RAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS. MIXED RAIN OR SNOW IS
POSSIBLE MONDAY.

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY
NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING CHANCES FOR RAIN BACK TO THE STATE. HIGH
PRESSURE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL BUILD INTO OUR REGION BY THE
MIDDLE OF 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)

SMF