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Flood Warning

Issued by the National Weather Service - Indianapolis, IN

    FLOOD WARNING  

Gibson County, IN; Knox County, IN; Daviess County, IN; Pike County, IN

Flood Warning issued March 17 at 10:29PM EDT until March 21 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN

FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING

Areas Affected: Daviess, IN; Gibson, IN; Knox, IN; Pike, IN

Urgency: Immediate

Severity: Severe

Certainty: Observed

Alert Sent: Tuesday 10:29pm EDT

Alert Effective: Tuesday 10:29pm EDT

Alert Expires: Wednesday 3:00pm EDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Tuesday 10:29pm EDT

Event Ends: Saturday 12:00am EDT

Issued by: NWS Indianapolis IN

Details: 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Indiana...
Illinois...

White River at Hazleton and Petersburg.

Wabash River at Mount Carmel.

.Flooding will continue through early next week at Petersburg and
Hazleton, and ending this week at Mount Carmel.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...White River at Petersburg.

* WHEN...Until early Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 20.9 feet, During June 2010 State Road 257 south of
Washington began to flood at this crest level at Petersburg after
Shoals crested at 18.19 feet.  About a week later Petersburg
crested at 21.34 feet...about one half foot higher...but the water
did not reach State Road 257 after Shoals crested at 15.59 feet...
about 2.5 feet lower.  Lost River did not contribute much water
during this June flood and locally it was not extremely wet.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:45 PM EDT Tuesday /8:45 PM CDT Tuesday/ the stage was
20.9 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 9:45 PM EDT Tuesday /8:45 PM CDT Tuesday/ was 22.1
feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
early Friday afternoon and continue falling and remain below
flood stage.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Information: 
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

Flooding is occurring or is imminent. Most flood related deaths
occur in automobiles. Do not attempt to cross water covered bridges,
dips, or low water crossings. Never try to cross a flowing stream,
even a small one, on foot. To escape rising water find another route
over higher ground.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/ind.

The next statement should be issued Wednesday afternoon by around
300 PM EDT /200 PM CDT/.

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Codes: INC027, INC051, INC083, INC125
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9dbc7028d97d1adf6384cb1ece793f22b92fc6eb.002.1