FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1238 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING...THE FLOOD
WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE.
* FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT TO THURSDAY MORNING.
* AT 8:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.0 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER
WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* AT 18.0 FEET...SEEP WATER OCCURS BEHIND LEVEES ON INDIANA SIDE.
HUTSON CREEK BEGINS TO OVERFLOW FROM BACKWATER. OLD DARWIN ROAD
AND A FEW RURAL ROADS IN EASTERN CLARK AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN
ILLINOIS ARE IMPASSABLE. LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND FLOODS.
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1238 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING...THE FLOOD
WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON.
* FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY MORNING.
* AT 9:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.7 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO
RISE TO NEAR 15.4 FEET BY SUNDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* 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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