FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 1117 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA AND
EASTERN ILLINOIS
WABASH RIVER...
.A BRIEF PERIOD OF MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ALONG A
PORTION OF THE LOWER WABASH RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA AND EASTERN
ILLINOIS, FROM LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY, AS A RESULT OF WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
FROM MONTEZUMA DOWN TO RIVERTON, MINOR FLOODING OF LOW FARMLAND
NEAR THE RIVER IS EXPECTED. BOTTOMLAND IN NORTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTY
ILLINOIS WILL HAVE SOME FLOODING. STRETCHES OF OLD DARWIN ROAD
NEAR DARWIN ILLINOIS WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD BY FRIDAY EVENING, ALONG
WITH SOME LOCAL RIVER ROADS ON THE ILLINOIS SIDE. THE LOWLAND
FLOODING WILL HAVE ENDED BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATER. TURN
AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY. ALWAYS 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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1117 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON.
* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY EVENING.
* AT 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.3 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 15.3 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE
RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE 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. WATER LEVEL IS AT THE TOP OF MOST MAKESHIFT LEVEES.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 343 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 345 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009 Expires:200912242045;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
343 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
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343 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF AROUND AN INCH APPEARS LIKELY THURSDAY
INTO EARLY FRIDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE FLOODING.
STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH
GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THIS MAY BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS...LIKE
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS FROM CHRISTMAS THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
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MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)
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