Headline:
Flood Warning issued May 5 at 10:43AM EDT until May 10 at 12:30AM 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 forecast.
* WHERE...White River at Hazleton.
* WHEN...From this evening to early Saturday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 17.0 feet, Lowest reading available from the Hazleton
Staff Gage. Since the 1930s the White River has moved from the
"old wellhouse" to several hundred yards from the "old
wellhouse". The river returns to the "old wellhouse" around 17 to
17.5 feet.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- There is no current observed data.
- Forecast...The river will rise to flood stage this evening.
It will then fall to 15.9 feet just after midnight tonight.
It will rise above flood stage again tomorrow morning to 17.0
feet Wednesday morning. It will then fall early Thursday
morning. It will rise to 16.9 feet Thursday morning. It will
then fall below flood stage again early Friday afternoon.
- 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:
Gibson, IN; Knox, IN
Forcast Office:
NWS Indianapolis IN