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WGUS83 KIND 130227
FLSIND
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1027 PM EDT SUN APR 12 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...INDIANA...
WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE LEGACY POWER PLANT SITE, AND RIVERTON.
.THE LAST OF LOWLAND FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG A SHORT PORTION OF THE
WABASH RIVER IN WESTERN INDIANA, AFFECTING THE HUTSONVILLE AND
RIVERTON AREAS. FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO END THERE ON MONDAY. THE
CREST AS OF LATE SUNDAY EVENING WAS WELL PAST MOUNT CARMEL.
THE RIVER LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING THROUGH AT LEAST
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN LATER IN THE WEEK MAY BRING NEW RISES TO
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA WATERWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
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 MONDAY AFTERNOON BY AROUND 300
PM EDT /200 PM CDT/.
ILC033-101-INC083-153-131900-
/O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0043.000000T0000Z-260414T0430Z/
/RVTI3.1.ER.260404T1507Z.260410T2315Z.260413T1630Z.NO/
1027 PM EDT SUN APR 12 2026 /927 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2026/
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...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. A FEW PRIVATE ROADS NEAR THE GILL TOWNSHIP LEVEE IN
SULLIVAN COUNTY MAY FLOOD. WATER LEVEL IS AT THE TOP OF MOST
MAKESHIFT LEVEES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 PM EDT SUNDAY /9:00 PM CDT SUNDAY/ THE STAGE WAS
16.8 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:00 PM EDT SUNDAY /9:00 PM CDT SUNDAY/ WAS 17.8
FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING AND REMAIN
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3913 8761 3899 8748 3886 8750 3885 8756
3898 8759 3913 8768
ILC033-101-INC083-153-131900-
/O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0042.000000T0000Z-260414T0200Z/
/HUTI2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.260413T0600Z.260413T1400Z.NO/
1027 PM EDT SUN APR 12 2026 /927 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2026/
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WABASH RIVER AT HUTSONVILLE LEGACY POWER PLANT SITE.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- THERE IS NO CURRENT OBSERVED DATA.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING AND REMAIN BELOW
FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3930 8757 3923 8754 3912 8762 3912 8768
3922 8762 3932 8763
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