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WGUS83 KIND 170200
FLSIND
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1000 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...
EAST FORK WHITE RIVER NEAR RIVERVALE.
.FLOODING CONTINUES ON LOWER PORTIONS OF THE WABASH, WHITE, AND EAST
FORK WHITE RIVERS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA AS A RESULT OF
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. FLOODING REMAINS CONFINED ON THE WABASH TO THE
MOUNT CARMEL AREA AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL NEXT WEEKEND.
FLOODING ON THE WHITE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO LAST AS LONG AS MARCH 25
AT HAZLETON. FLOODING ON THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER SHOULD CONCLUDE
BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IND.
THE NEXT STATEMENT SHOULD BE ISSUED BY 1100 AM TUESDAY.TUESDAY
AFTERNOON BY AROUND 100 PM EDT.
INC093-101-171700-
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/BEDI3.2.ER.260306T1720Z.260308T2115Z.260318T0600Z.NO/
1000 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...EAST FORK WHITE RIVER NEAR RIVERVALE.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.5 FEET, LAWRENCEPORT ROAD JUST EAST OF
LAWRENCEPORT AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RIVER BEGINS TO FLOOD AROUND
THIS LEVEL. DURING TYPICAL FLOODS IN THIS AREA THIS PORTION OF THE
ROAD CAN BE FLOODED BY 5 TO MORE THAN 10 FEET OF WATER. DURING THE
JANUARY 2005 FLOOD THIS AREA WOULD HAVE BEEN NEAR THE "BOTTOM" OF
THE RIVER, UNDERWATER BY NEARLY 17 FEET. IN THE GREAT MARCH 1913
FLOOD, MORE THAN 25 FEET OF WATER WOULD HAVE COVERED THIS LOCATION.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 PM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.2 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:30 PM EDT MONDAY WAS 22.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING AND REMAIN BELOW
FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3878 8613 3872 8631 3877 8646 3882 8643
3878 8631 3880 8618
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