Headline:
Flood Warning issued May 5 at 10:43AM EDT until May 9 at 5:00AM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN
Event:
Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 5, 2025 - 7:43am
Expires:
May 5, 2025 - 10:45pm
Description:
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Indiana...
White River at Petersburg.
White River at Hazleton.
.Rainfall over the last several days totaling 1 to 2 inches along
the lower White River has led to minor flooding at Petersburg and
minor flooding will reach Hazleton over the next day. Flooding is
expected to end by Friday.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...White River at Petersburg.
* WHEN...Until early Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 17.0 feet, Flooding affects low agricultural lands,
low oil fields and closes Bottoms Rd...Brothers Rd and East
Governors Road in Knox County. In agricultural season...farmers
are concerned at this stage.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:45 AM EDT Monday /8:45 AM CDT Monday/ the stage was 16.2
feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 9:45 AM EDT Monday /8:45 AM CDT Monday/ was 16.2
feet.
- Forecast...The river will rise to 17.0 feet tomorrow evening.
It will then fall below flood stage Thursday afternoon to 7.0
feet Tuesday, May 13. It will rise to 7.2 feet Wednesday, May
14. It will then fall again and remain below flood stage.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instruction:
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/ind.
The next statement should be issued late tonight by around 145 AM
EDT /1245 AM CDT/.
Area Description:
Daviess, IN; Gibson, IN; Knox, IN; Pike, IN
Forcast Office:
NWS Indianapolis IN