Princeton, IN Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY, AUGUST
24...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...White River at Edwardsport.

* WHEN...From Sunday afternoon to Monday, August 24.

* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, Water is at critical levels for makeshift
levees.  Most of bottomlands flood.  Old Vincennes road and State
Road 358 between Plainville and Edwardsport are impassable by
several feet.  High water surrounds river cabins.  This type of
flood occurs on average about once a year.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:00 AM EDT Friday /6:00 AM CDT Friday/ the stage was 6.5
feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
Sunday afternoon to a crest of 20.0 feet Friday, August 21.
It will then fall below flood stage Monday, August 24.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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...EXTREME HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/
SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 115.

* WHERE...Portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western
Kentucky, and southeast Missouri.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/ Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat and high humidity events.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

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