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Flood Warning
Issued at Tue 8:49 PM Apr. 30
Issued by: National Weather Service
Recommended Action
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drivecars through flooded areas.Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize thedangers of flooding.Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flooddeaths occur in vehicles.Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/ind.The next statement should be issued Wednesday afternoon by around100 PM EDT /noon CDT/.
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Flood Warning
Issued at Tue 8:49 PM Apr. 30
Issued by: National Weather Service
Recommended Action

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drivecars through flooded areas.Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize thedangers of flooding.Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flooddeaths occur in vehicles.Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/ind.The next statement should be issued Wednesday afternoon by around100 PM EDT /noon CDT/.

Description

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Indiana...Illinois...Wabash River at Riverton.Wabash River at Hutsonville Legacy Power Plant Site.Wabash River at Montezuma.Wabash River at Terre Haute..Recent rainfall has led to flooding and potential flooding along afew points of the Wabash River. This threat will continue throughthe week into the weekend.* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.* WHERE...Wabash River at Hutsonville Legacy Power Plant Site.* WHEN...Until late Saturday evening.* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Seep water occurs behind levees on Indianaside. Hutson Creek begins to overflow from backwater. Old DarwinRoad and a few rural roads in eastern Clark and Crawford countiesin Illinois are impassable. Low agricultural land floods.* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...- There is no current observed data.- Forecast...The river will rise to 17.1 feet Friday morning.It will then fall below flood stage late Saturday morning to11.0 feet Tuesday, May 07. It will rise to 11.2 feet Tuesday,May 07. It will then fall again and remain below flood stage.- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood