Edwardsport, IN Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH 582 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING

IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL INDIANA

BARTHOLOMEW           JOHNSON

IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

BROWN                 JACKSON               LAWRENCE

IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA

JENNINGS

IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

DAVIESS               KNOX                  MARTIN
SULLIVAN

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BEDFORD, CARLISLE, COLUMBUS,
FARMERSBURG, FRANKLIN, GREENWOOD, LOOGOOTEE, MITCHELL, NASHVILLE,
NORTH VERNON, SEYMOUR, SHELBURN, SHOALS, SULLIVAN, VINCENNES,
AND WASHINGTON.

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY, AUGUST
21...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Wabash River at Riverton.

* WHEN...From Saturday morning to Friday, August 21.

* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Extensive lowland flooding is in
progress.  High water surrounds many river cabins.  Access to most
river cabins is by boat only.  Levees begin to protect farmland.
Extensive flooding of Leaverton Park occurs in Palestine, Illinois.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 12:00 PM EDT Thursday /11:00 AM CDT Thursday/ the stage
was 4.6 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late Saturday morning to a crest of 17.6 feet early Wednesday
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage Friday, August
21.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT TO FRIDAY, AUGUST
21...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Wabash River at Hutsonville Legacy Power Plant Site.

* WHEN...From late Friday night to Friday, August 21.

* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Seep water occurs behind levees on Indiana
side.  Hutson Creek begins to overflow from backwater.  Old Darwin
Road and a few rural roads in eastern Clark and Crawford counties
in Illinois are impassable.  Low agricultural land floods.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- There is no current observed data.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
early Saturday morning to a crest of 19.0 feet Wednesday
evening. It will then fall below flood stage Friday, August
21.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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