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Flood Warning

Issued At: Thursday, 29 Oct 2009, 4:45 PM EDT
Expires At: Wednesday, 04 Nov 2009, 5:00 AM EST

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA... WHITE RIVER...WABASH RIVER... .LOWLAND FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE WHITE RIVER IN THE GREENE...DAVIESS AND KNOX COUNTIES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA SUNDAY. FLOOD LEVELS WILL RANGE UP TO 2.2 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. ON THE WABASH RIVER FLOODING WILL DEVELOP FROM MONTEZUMA DOWNSTREAM TO MOUNT CARMEL SATURDAY NIGHT. FLOOD LEVELS WILL RANGE UP TO 3.2 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED ALONG THE WHITE OR WABASH RIVERS. FLOODING WILL AFFECT SOME LOCAL AND STATE ROADS...LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND AND SOME RIVER PARKS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 1:00 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.8 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.2 FEET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 18.0 FEET...MONTEZUMA AGRICULTURAL LEVEE IS OVERTOPPED. FOURTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF LOW BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD. LOWEST BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD.

Areas affected: Vermillion, Parke, Vigo


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