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WGUS83 KIND 181451
FLSIND
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1051 AM EDT WED MAR 18 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...
WHITE RIVER AT HAZLETON.
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
INDIANA...
WHITE RIVER AT PETERSBURG.
.FLOODING WILL PERSIST ALONG THE WHITE RIVER AT HAZLETON AND WHITE
RIVER AT PETERSBURG OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES,
DIPS, OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM,
EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER FIND ANOTHER ROUTE
OVER HIGHER GROUND.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IND.
THE NEXT STATEMENT SHOULD BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT BY AROUND 200 AM
EDT /100 AM CDT/.
INC051-083-190600-
/O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-260323T1312Z/
/HAZI3.2.ER.000000T0000Z.260312T2150Z.260323T0112Z.NO/
1051 AM EDT WED MAR 18 2026 /951 AM CDT WED MAR 18 2026/
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WHITE RIVER AT HAZLETON.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 22.0 FEET, IN AGRICULTURAL SEASON, EXTENSIVE FLOODING
OF BOTTOMLANDS AND SOME OF THE HIGHER BOTTOMLANDS IS IN PROGRESS.
HIGH WATER SURROUNDS RESIDENTS IN RIVER CABINS. OIL FIELDS AND
LOCAL ROADS FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- THERE IS NO CURRENT OBSERVED DATA.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING AND REMAIN BELOW
FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3851 8744 3844 8760 3841 8773 3843 8773
3852 8755 3854 8744
INC027-051-083-125-190600-
/O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-260321T0430Z/
/PTRI3.2.ER.260305T2108Z.260311T2145Z.260320T1630Z.NO/
1051 AM EDT WED MAR 18 2026 /951 AM CDT WED MAR 18 2026/
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WHITE RIVER AT PETERSBURG.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.5 FEET, COUNTY ROAD 250 WEST FROM STATE ROAD 56
FLOODS AND BLOCKS THE VEHICLE ACCESS TO DODGE CITY. DURING THE
MARCH 2008 FLOOD THE RIVER REMAINED ABOVE THIS LEVEL FROM LATE
AFTERNOON MARCH 19 THROUGH APRIL 9. AS MID-MARCH 2011 HIGH WATER
WAS RECEDING...SR 257 SOUTH OF WASHINGTON REOPENED WHEN SHOALS WAS
AT 10.5 FEET AND FALLING STEADILY FOR THE PAST 2 DAYS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 AM EDT WEDNESDAY /9:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY/ THE STAGE
WAS 20.4 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:30 AM EDT WEDNESDAY /9:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY/ WAS
21.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING AND REMAIN BELOW
FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3852 8723 3850 8729 3851 8744 3854 8744
3855 8736 3853 8729 3856 8723
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