Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Indianapolis, IN

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FLSIND
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1110 AM EDT WED MAY 15 2013

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

  WABASH RIVER...

.AFTER FIVE WEEKS OF FLOODING...RIVER LEVELS WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE AT ALL LOCATIONS ALONG THE WABASH RIVER BY THURSDAY
MORNING...ENDING WITH THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON. AN ACTIVE
WEATHER PATTERN BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK MAY BRING RENEWED FLOODING TO PORTIONS OF THE WABASH RIVER
THE WEEK OF MAY 19.

FLOODING AFFECTED A FEW LOCAL RIVER ROADS IN WESTERN INDIANA AND
EASTERN ILLINOIS AND LOW AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

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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1110 AM EDT WED MAY 15 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON.
* UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING.
* AT 11:00 AM WEDNESDAY 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 TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
  LATE THIS EVENING.
* 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.

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