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Flood Warning

Issued by the National Weather Service - Indianapolis, IN

    FLOOD WARNING  

Knox County, IN

Flood Warning issued March 17 at 10:29PM EDT until March 20 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN

FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE FRIDAY MORNING

Areas Affected: Edwards, IL; Gallatin, IL; Wabash, IL; White, IL; Gibson, IN; Knox, IN; Posey, 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: Friday 9:00am EDT

Issued by: NWS Indianapolis IN

Details: 
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE FRIDAY 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...Wabash River at Mount Carmel.

* WHEN...Until late Friday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 21.0 feet, River Road in the Mount Carmel, Illinois
area begins to flood.  Lowland flooding in progress.  A few local
river roads are closed by high water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:45 PM EDT Tuesday /8:45 PM CDT Tuesday/ the stage was
21.4 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 9:45 PM EDT Tuesday /8:45 PM CDT Tuesday/ was 22.4
feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 21.5
feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below
flood stage late Thursday evening.
- Flood stage is 19.0 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/.

Meta data: 
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9dbc7028d97d1adf6384cb1ece793f22b92fc6eb.003.1
Codes: INC083
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9dbc7028d97d1adf6384cb1ece793f22b92fc6eb.003.1