The Flood Warning continues for
the Wabash River at Vincennes.
* Until late this evening... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 8 am Wednesday the stage was 16.5 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
* At 17.0 feet... considerable agricultural flooding extends from just
north of the Junction of Illinois 33 with business 50 to the St.
Francesville, Illinois area. Several local roads are impassable in
Lawrence County. Extensive seep water forms behind Illinois levees
extending from Russellville to U.S. Highway 50. Flooding of
agricultural land begins in Knox County Indiana west of the
Railroad extending for the Oaktown area to the Northside of
Vincennes. Extensive flooding of small creek.
Bhh
1235 am EST Thu Jan 08 2009
The Flood Warning continues for
the Wabash River at Riverton.
* Until mid afternoon... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 9:00 PM Wednesday the stage was 16.4 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue to fall to below flood stage by
mid morning.
* 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.
1235 am EST Thu Jan 08 2009
The Flood Warning continues for
the Wabash River at Hutsonville.
* Until this afternoon... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 8:00 am Wednesday the stage was 17.7 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue to fall to below flood stage
early this morning.
* 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.