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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
955 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...
EAST FORK WHITE RIVER NEAR RIVERVALE...AND NEAR BEDFORD.
WHITE RIVER AT EDWARDSPORT DOWN TO HAZLETON.
FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS WEEK
MINOR FLOODING
CONTINUES ON THE LOWER WHITE RIVER...AND ON THE EAST FORK WHITE AT
RIVERVALE...WITH BRIEF MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED ON THE EAST FORK
WHITE AT BEDFORD SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. FLOODING WILL END
EARLY NEXT WEEK ON THE EAST FORK WHITE...AND THE WHITE RIVER AT
EDWARDSPORT...WHILE CONTINUING INTO THE MID-WEEK AT PETERSBURG AND
HAZLETON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON BY AROUND 145
PM EDT /1245 PM CDT/.
INC051-083-021745-
/O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0060.000000T0000Z-260507T1030Z/
/HAZI3.1.ER.000000T0000Z.260503T0000Z.260506T2230Z.NO/
955 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026 /855 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026/
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS 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
INC027-051-083-125-021745-
/O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0059.000000T0000Z-260503T2000Z/
/FREI3.1.ER.260429T0345Z.260501T1100Z.260503T0800Z.NO/
955 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026 /855 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026/
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS 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 PM EDT FRIDAY /6:00 PM CDT FRIDAY/ THE STAGE WAS 16.2
FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:00 PM EDT FRIDAY /6:00 PM CDT FRIDAY/ WAS 16.8
FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 16.4
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
- 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
INC027-051-083-125-021745-
/O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0057.000000T0000Z-260506T1800Z/
/PTRI3.1.ER.260429T0048Z.260502T0600Z.260506T0600Z.NO/
955 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026 /855 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026/
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS 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 8:45 PM EDT FRIDAY /7:45 PM CDT FRIDAY/ THE STAGE WAS 20.5
FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:45 PM EDT FRIDAY /7:45 PM CDT FRIDAY/ WAS 20.6
FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 20.6
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 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
INC093-101-021745-
/O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0051.000000T0000Z-260504T0900Z/
/BFRI3.1.ER.260503T0000Z.260503T0600Z.260503T2100Z.NO/
955 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS 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
INC093-101-021745-
/O.CON.KIND.FL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-260504T1312Z/
/BEDI3.1.ER.260429T0127Z.260502T0130Z.260504T0112Z.NO/
955 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS 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 9:30 PM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.7 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:30 PM EDT FRIDAY WAS 21.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE SUNDAY EVENING 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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