Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Central Illinois
Areas Affected: Crawford, IL; Lawrence, IL; Knox, IN; Sullivan, IN
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Wednesday 11:08am EDT
Alert Effective: Wednesday 11:08am EDT
Alert Expires: Wednesday 11:00pm EDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Wednesday 11:08am EDT
Event Ends: Friday 12:30am EDT
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis IN
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Indiana... Illinois... White River at Hazleton. White River at Petersburg. Wabash River at Riverton. Wabash River at Hutsonville Legacy Power Plant Site. ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Illinois...Indiana... Wabash River at Mount Carmel. Wabash River at Vincennes. .Minor flooding continues on the White River from Petersburg down to the Wabash...and on the Wabash River from the Hutsonville area down to Mount Carmel. The crest on the White was near Hazleton while the crest on the Wabash was near Vincennes late Wednesday morning. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Wabash River at Hutsonville Legacy Power Plant Site. * WHEN...Until early Friday morning. * IMPACTS...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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - There is no current observed data. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon and continue falling and remain below flood stage. - Flood stage is 16.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/ind. The next statement should be issued this evening by around 1100 PM EDT /1000 PM CDT/.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a6a965d2e964d8d29c7cbefc22430d9b52462745.006.1 Codes: ILC033, ILC101 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a6a965d2e964d8d29c7cbefc22430d9b52462745.006.1