FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 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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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1117 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE.
* FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO MONDAY EVENING.
* AT 8:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.6 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
TO RISE TO NEAR 16.9 FEET BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING.
* AT 16.0 FEET...OLD DARWIN ROAD AND A FEW LOW RURAL ROADS BETWEEN
YORK AND HUTSONVILLE, ILLINOIS BEGIN TO FLOOD. AGRICULTURAL
FLOODING BEGINS ALONG PORTIONS OF THE RIVER.
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