Warmer. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then showers and thunderstorms likely after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
Wednesday
Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 70. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
The Flood Warning continues for the Wabash River at Riverton. * From Wednesday morning to late Thursday night... or until the warning is cancelled. * At 10:00 am Sunday the stage was 9.1 feet. * Minor flooding is forecast. * Flood stage is 15.0 feet. * Forecast... rise above flood stage by Wednesday morning and continue to rise to near 15.1 feet by Thursday morning. The river will fall below flood stage by Thursday afternoon. * At 16.0 feet... some agricultural lands underwater. A few rural roads in Crawford County, Illinois close as water backs up minnow Slough. High water affects campground at Leaverton Park in Palestine. Water level is at the top of most makeshift levees.
1102 am EDT sun may 11 2008
The Flood Warning continues for the Wabash River at Hutsonville. * From Tuesday morning to Friday morning... or until the warning is cancelled. * At 8:00 am Sunday the stage was 10.3 feet. * Minor flooding is forecast. * Flood stage is 16.0 feet. * Forecast... rise above flood stage by Tuesday morning and continue to rise to near 16.7 feet by Thursday morning. The river will fall below flood stage by Thursday evening. * At 16.0 feet... old Darwin Road and a few low rural roads between York and Hutsonville, Illinois begin to flood. Agricultural flooding begins along portions of the river.
