FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1032 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO FRIDAY EVENING.
* AT 9:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.3 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 16.1 FEET BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE RIVER
WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE FRIDAY 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: 1032 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
* AT 8:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO
RISE TO NEAR 17.6 FEET BY THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
* 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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