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WGUS83 KIND 180256
FLSIND
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1056 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...
EAST FORK WHITE RIVER AT SEYMOUR.
.HEAVY TO EXTREME RAINFALL OVER EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA SINCE LAST WEEK
HAS LED TO MINOR FLOODING ON THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER IN JACKSON
COUNTY...WITH MINOR FLOODING TO ALSO START NEAR RIVERVALE WEDNESDAY.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IND.
THE NEXT STATEMENT SHOULD BE ISSUED TUESDAY AFTERNOON BY AROUND 200
PM EDT.
INC071-093-175-181800-
/O.EXT.KIND.FL.W.0143.000000T0000Z-260820T1017Z/
/SERI3.1.ER.260813T0611Z.260815T0315Z.260819T2217Z.NO/
1056 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...EAST FORK WHITE RIVER AT SEYMOUR.
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, EXTENSIVE LOWLAND FLOODING AFFECTING
AGRICULTURAL LANDS. MANY COUNTY AND STATE ROADS IN FLOOD PLAIN
BECOME IMPASSABLE BY HIGH WATER, INCLUDING SR 235 EAST OF MEDORA,
SR 258 EAST OF CORTLAND, CR 725 N AND POSSIBLY SR 39 SOUTH OF
TAMPICO. HIGH WATER AFFECTS COUNTY ROADS NEAR VALLONIA AND
SHIELDS, EWING ROAD NEAR BROWNSTOWN, CR 525 N NEAR SEYMOUR
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, HONEYTOWN ROAD AND POSSIBLY SR 250
EAST OF DUDLEYTOWN AND SR 256 WEST OF AUSTIN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 PM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.9 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:45 PM EDT MONDAY WAS 16.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD
STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3905 8583 3886 8599 3877 8613 3879 8620
3893 8604 3906 8587
AGM
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