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WGUS83 KIND 011634
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1234 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...
WHITE RIVER AT HAZLETON.
WHITE RIVER AT EDWARDSPORT.
WHITE RIVER AT PETERSBURG.
.RECENT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE LED TO FLOODING ALONG THE
WHITE RIVER NEAR HAZLETON, EDWARDSPORT, AND PETERSBURG. 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 345 AM
EDT /245 AM CDT/.
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1234 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026 /1134 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026/
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WHITE RIVER AT HAZLETON.
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, MOST OF THE LOW BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD.
FLOODING BEGINS IN HIGHER BOTTOMLANDS. HIGH WATER AFFECTS ANY
RESIDENTS IN POTTSVILLE RIVER CABINS. POTTSVILLE ROAD...NORTH C
STREET ON RIVER SIDE OF RAILROAD TRACKS AND CATT STREET NEAR U.S.
HIGHWAY 41 ARE FLOODED. WATER IS NEAR OR STARTING ON GIRO ROAD IN
THE VICINITY OF SUBMERGED POTTSVILLE ROAD. OIL STRIPPED FIELDS
FLOOD. FLOOD GATES MUST BE INSTALLED AT HAZLETON.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- THERE IS NO CURRENT OBSERVED DATA.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 20.4
FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
- 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
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/O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0059.000000T0000Z-260503T2000Z/
/FREI3.1.ER.260429T0345Z.260501T1100Z.260503T0800Z.NO/
1234 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026 /1134 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026/
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WHITE RIVER AT EDWARDSPORT.
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, OLD VINCENNES ROAD AND RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY IN THIS AREA BEGIN TO FLOOD. FLOODING OF LOW
AGRICULTURAL FIELDS OCCURS ALONG PORTIONS OF THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 AM EDT FRIDAY /6:00 AM CDT FRIDAY/ THE STAGE WAS 16.8
FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:00 AM EDT FRIDAY /6:00 AM CDT FRIDAY/ WAS 16.8
FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING AND REMAIN BELOW
FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3885 8712 3877 8723 3855 8723 3854 8726
3879 8729 3887 8715
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/O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0057.000000T0000Z-260506T1800Z/
/PTRI3.1.ER.260429T0048Z.260502T0000Z.260506T0600Z.NO/
1234 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026 /1134 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026/
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WHITE RIVER AT PETERSBURG.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* 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 11:45 AM EDT FRIDAY /10:45 AM CDT FRIDAY/ THE STAGE WAS
20.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:45 AM EDT FRIDAY /10:45 AM CDT FRIDAY/ WAS 20.6
FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 20.6
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- 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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