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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1104 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

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

  WABASH RIVER...

.FLOOD LEVELS ALONG THE WABASH RIVER FROM LAFAYETTE TO MONTEZUMA HAS
CRESTED NEAR THE SAME LEVEL AS EARLIER FLOODING IN JUNE.  FLOODING
ALONG THE WABASH RIVER FROM TERRE HAUTE TO NEAR VINCENNES WILL CREST
WITHIN A COUPLE FEET BELOW PRIOR FLOODING IN JUNE. FLOODING ALONG
THE WABASH RIVER WILL PERSIST FOR 1 TO 4 DAYS.

FLOODING WILL AFFECT SOME LOCAL ROADS...LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND AND
RIVER PARKS.

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.

&&

INC045-121-157-165-171-191330-
/O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0175.000000T0000Z-130619T1330Z/
/LAFI3.1.ER.130613T1431Z.130615T1415Z.130619T0130Z.NO/
1104 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE.
* UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* AT 10:30 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.6 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
  TONIGHT.
* AT 12.0 FEET...HIGH WATER AFFECTS A FEW LOW RIVER CABINS AND COUNTY
  ROADS.

&&

LAT...LON 4056 8673 4048 8688 4040 8709 4033 8709
      4040 8688 4054 8670

$$

INC045-121-165-171-191503-
/O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0176.000000T0000Z-130620T0712Z/
/CVGI3.1.ER.130614T0820Z.130617T0400Z.130619T1912Z.NO/
1104 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT COVINGTON.
* UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* AT 10:45 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.0 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
  TOMORROW 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4040 8709 4020 8747 3997 8745 3997 8739
      4017 8737 4033 8709

$$

INC121-165-167-191503-
/O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0177.000000T0000Z-130620T1715Z/
/MTZI3.1.ER.130614T2141Z.130618T0746Z.130620T0515Z.NO/
1104 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT MONTEZUMA.
* UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 10:46 AM TUESDAY 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 TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
  EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* AT 18.0 FEET...MONTEZUMA AGRICULTURAL LEVEE IS OVERTOPPED.
  FOURTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF LOW BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD.  LOWEST
  BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD.

&&

LAT...LON 3997 8745 3985 8741 3977 8741 3977 8734
      3986 8734 3997 8739

$$

ILC023-033-INC153-167-191503-
/O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0179.000000T0000Z-130621T0100Z/
/HUFI3.1.ER.130618T1647Z.130618T1800Z.130620T1300Z.NO/
1104 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE.
* UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING.
* AT 10:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 15.5 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
  FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING.
* 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3961 8741 3944 8747 3932 8763 3931 8757
      3943 8741 3961 8735

$$

ILC033-101-INC083-153-191503-
/O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0180.000000T0000Z-130622T0234Z/
/HUTI2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.130619T1800Z.130621T1434Z.NO/
1104 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE LEGACY POWER PLANT SITE.
* UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO HAVE A MAXIMUM VALUE OF 17.5
  FEET TOMORROW 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3932 8763 3922 8761 3913 8767 3913 8764
      3923 8755 3931 8757

$$

ILC033-101-INC083-153-191503-
/O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0181.000000T0000Z-130622T1200Z/
/RVTI3.1.ER.130617T0415Z.130620T0000Z.130622T0000Z.NO/
1104 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON.
* UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
* AT 10:00 AM TUESDAY 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 16.9 FEET BY
  THURSDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY
  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.

&&

LAT...LON 3913 8767 3898 8758 3886 8757 3887 8750
      3898 8749 3913 8764

$$
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