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From the National Weather Service....
"THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER AT COLUMBUS CRESTED EARLY THIS MORNING AT 1 FOOT ABOVE THE ALL TIME MARCH 1913 FLOOD LEVEL. THE CREST AT
SEYMOUR LACKED ABOUT AN INCH OF THE ALL TIME MARCH 1913 FLOOD."
Many flood warnings are currently in effect, and this can be confusing. A Flood Warning can be issued for entire counties, and for just the rivers. Both are happening now. Portions of the East Fork of White River and Muscatatuck are in effect until Thursday, however the county Flood Warnings are only in effect until 7:30am tomorrow morning
Example: Flood Warning for Rivers
113 PM EDT SUN JUN 08 2008
...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVERS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA...
BIG BLUE RIVER...EAST FORK WHITE RIVER...EEL RIVER...MUSCATATUCK
RIVER...SUGAR CREEK...WABASH RIVER...WHITE RIVER...
.MAJOR TO NEAR RECORD RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE WORST HIT AREAS BY MONDAY WILL BE
BLOOMFIELD...LYONS...NEWBERRY...ELNORA AND EDWARDSPORT AREAS ALONG
THE WHITE RIVER IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND THE BROWNSTOWN AND MEDORA
AREAS ALONG THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER.
Example: Flood Warning for Counties
819 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM EDT MONDAY FOR
DAVIESS...MARTIN...KNOX...LAWRENCE...JACKSON...SOUTHERN GREENE...
WESTERN JENNINGS...MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN BROWN AND SOUTHERN
BARTHOLOMEW COUNTIES...
CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE FOR AREAS NOT AFFECTED BY SMALL
STREAMS OR RIVERS. HOWEVER PERSONS SHOULD STILL BE ALERT FOR
AREAS OF HIGH WATER AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.
To make things more confusing, there's a Flash Flood Watch for these area until Tuesday at 6am because of storms expected Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Example:
330 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF INDIANA...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...BARTHOLOMEW...BOONE...BROWN...CARROLL...
CLAY...CLINTON...DAVIESS...DECATUR...DELAWARE...FOUNTAIN...
GREENE...HAMILTON...HANCOCK...HENDRICKS...HENRY...HOWARD...
JACKSON...JENNINGS...JOHNSON...KNOX...LAWRENCE...MADISON...
MARION...MARTIN...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...MORGAN...OWEN...
PARKE...PUTNAM...RANDOLPH...RUSH...SHELBY...SULLIVAN...
TIPPECANOE...TIPTON...VERMILLION...VIGO AND WARREN.
* FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT
* THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DEVELOPING BY THE MID
AFTERNOON HOURS ON MONDAY...WITH THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING LIKELY
BY MONDAY NIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOME STORMS TO
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN
THE 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE.
* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL SERVE TO EXACERBATE THE ALREADY VERY
SERIOUS FLOODING SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA.
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