WGUS83 KIND 080535
FLSIND
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1235 AM EST THU JAN 08 2009

...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR A PORTION OF THE FOLLOWING RIVER...

  WABASH RIVER...

.LOWLAND FLOODING WILL BE COMING TO AN END ALONG THE WABASH RIVER IN
WESTERN INDIANA AND EASTERN ILLINOIS TODAY. WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO
GO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY NOON AT HUTSONVILLE AND RIVERTON...AND BELOW
FLOOD STAGE BY MID EVENING AT VINCENNES.

UNTIL THEN...LOWLAND FLOODING CONTINUES TO AFFECT AGRICULTURAL
LAND...A FEW LOCAL RIVER ROADS...AND RIVER PARKS.

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. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO FLOOD DEBRIS
ON PREVIOUSLY FLOODED ROADS.  REPORT FLOOD DAMAGED ROADS TO LOCAL
OFFICIALS.

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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1235 AM EST THU JAN 08 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE.
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.7 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
  EARLY THIS MORNING.
* AT 18.0 FEET...SEEP WATER OCCURS BEHIND LEVEES ON INDIANA SIDE.  
  HUTSON CREEK BEGINS TO OVERFLOW FROM BACKWATER. OLD DARWIN ROAD 
  AND A FEW RURAL ROADS IN EASTERN CLARK AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN 
  ILLINOIS ARE IMPASSABLE. LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND FLOODS.

$$

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1235 AM EST THU JAN 08 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON.
* UNTIL MID AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.4 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  MID 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.

$$

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1235 AM EST THU JAN 08 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT VINCENNES.
* UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* AT 17.0 FEET...CONSIDERABLE AGRICULTURAL FLOODING EXTENDS FROM JUST 
  NORTH OF THE JUNCTION OF ILLINOIS 33 WITH BUSINESS 50 TO THE ST. 
  FRANCESVILLE, ILLINOIS AREA. SEVERAL LOCAL ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE IN
  LAWRENCE COUNTY. EXTENSIVE SEEP WATER FORMS BEHIND ILLINOIS LEVEES
  EXTENDING FROM RUSSELLVILLE TO U.S. HIGHWAY 50. FLOODING OF 
  AGRICULTURAL LAND BEGINS IN KNOX COUNTY INDIANA WEST OF THE 
  RAILROAD EXTENDING FOR THE OAKTOWN AREA TO THE NORTHSIDE OF 
  VINCENNES. EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEK.

$$

BHH