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WGUS83 KIND 011628
FLSIND
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1228 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...
EAST FORK WHITE RIVER NEAR BEDFORD.
EAST FORK WHITE RIVER NEAR RIVERVALE.
.RECENT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE LED TO FLOODING ALONG THE
WHITE RIVER NEAR BEDFORD AND RIVERVALE. FLOODING WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 LATE TONIGHT BY AROUND 330 AM
EDT.
INC093-101-020730-
/O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0051.000000T0000Z-260504T0900Z/
/BFRI3.1.ER.260503T0000Z.260503T0600Z.260503T2100Z.NO/
1228 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...EAST FORK WHITE RIVER NEAR BEDFORD.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, WATER IS OVER MOST LOCAL ROADS IN THE
FLOOD PLAIN. AGRICULTURAL LANDS FLOOD. WATER COVERS BEDFORD BOAT
CLUB GROUNDS, AND THE CLUB CALLS FOR POWER TO BE SHUT OFF. ACCESS
TO HIGHER CAMPGROUND SPOTS AT THE BEDFORD BOAT CLUB ARE BLOCKED BY
HIGH WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:15 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW EVENING TO A CREST OF 20.2 FEET EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3877 8645 3879 8651 3882 8657 3885 8656
3883 8650 3881 8643
INC093-101-020730-
/O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-260504T1312Z/
/BEDI3.1.ER.260429T0127Z.260502T0600Z.260504T0112Z.NO/
1228 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...EAST FORK WHITE RIVER NEAR RIVERVALE.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 22.0 FEET, A FEW LOCAL COUNTY ROADS BEGIN TO FLOOD
AND ARE IMPASSABLE. THESE INCLUDE BUDDHA ROAD SOUTH OF THE GAGE
AND LAWRENCEPORT ROAD. ALL LOCAL ROADS ACROSS THE EAST FORK WHITE
RIVER ARE THREATENED BY HIGH WATER, AND SOME ARE CLOSED. FLOODING
OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY IS IN PROGRESS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:30 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:30 AM EDT FRIDAY WAS 21.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 21.5
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE LATE SUNDAY EVENING.
- 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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