A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...
EAST FORK WHITE RIVER...MUSCATATUCK RIVER...WABASH RIVER...WHITE
RIVER...
.RIVER LEVELS ALONG THE WHITE...EAST FORK WHITE...WABASH AND
MUSCATATUCK RIVERS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA CURRENTLY
CONTINUE TO FALL. WHILE CONTINUING TO FALL...RIVER LEVELS ACROSS THE
LOWEST REACHES OF THE WHITE AND WABASH RIVERS IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH AT LEAST MARCH 22. SMALL AND
BRIEF RISES...ESPECIALLY ON THE UPPER WABASH...ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
MIDWEEK DUE TO PRECIPITATION THAT FELL ON TUESDAY. HOWEVER...ANY
RISES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT.
CRESTS ON THE LOWEST REACHES OF THE WHITE...EAST FORK WHITE AND
WABASH RIVERS WERE THE HIGHEST SINCE JUNE 2008.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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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1222 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2011
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER NEAR RIVERVALE.
* AT 10:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* AT 20.5 FEET...LAWRENCEPORT ROAD JUST EAST OF LAWRENCEPORT AND ON
THE SOUTH SIDE OF RIVER BEGINS TO FLOOD AROUND THIS LEVEL. BY 22
FEET THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE. DURING TYPICAL FLOODS IN THIS
AREA...THIS PORTION OF THE ROAD CAN BE FLOODED BY 5 TO MORE THAN 10
FEET OF WATER. DURING THE JANUARY 2005 FLOOD...THIS AREA WOULD
HAVE BEEN NEAR THE "BOTTOM" OF THE RIVER...UNDERWATER BY NEARLY 17
FEET. IN THE GREAT MARCH 1913 FLOOD...MORE THAN 25 FEET OF WATER
WOULD HAVE COVERED THIS LOCATION.
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