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WGUS83 KIND 132029
FLSIND
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
429 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2009
...A FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN SOUTHWEST
INDIANA...
  WHITE RIVER...
.RIVER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE VERY SLOWLY IN THE PETERSBURG AND
HAZLETON AREAS ON THURDAY AFTERNOON.  A VERY SLOW RISE MAY CONTINUE
AT STATE ROAD 61 IN THE PETERSBURG AREA UNTIL SUNSET THURSDAY AND IN
THE HAZLETON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.  THE RIVER WILL APPROACH FLOOD
STAGE AT HAZLETON ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE CREST ON THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER PASSED STATE ROAD 257 EARLY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OPENED
STATE ROAD 257 EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  THE ROAD WAS CLOSED ON
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER.
THE CREST FROM THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER IS VERY NEAR THE PETERSBURG
POWER PLANT ON THE WHITE RIVER.  AT 4 PM EDT THURSDAY...AUTOMATED
EQUIPMENT AT THE PETERSBURG POWER PLANT INDICATED THAT THE LEVEL OF
THE WHITE RIVER HAD REMAINED EXACTLY THE SAME SINCE 930 AM EDT.
  
FOR THIS FLOOD ON THE WHITE RIVER IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...ALL OF THE
FLOOD WATERS WERE COMING FROM THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER.  FLOODING OF
THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER IS A RESULT OF UP TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN THAT
FELL AUGUST 4 IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA.
BANKFULL CONDITIONS AND LOWLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE 
WHITE RIVER IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH SATURDAY.  THE RIVER WILL
RETURN TO LOWER LEVELS
BY TUESDAY.
LOWLAND FLOODING AFFECTED LOW AGRICULTURAL LAND...LOCAL RIVER PARKS
AND A FEW RIVER ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATER. TURN 
AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS.  
RECREATIONAL AND AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO 
CHANGING RIVER CONDITIONS.
FOR DETAILED FLOOD INFORMATION GO TO WEATHER.GOV/IND ON THE WEB.  
FROM THE BLUE MENU BAR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE...CLICK ON RIVERS
AND LAKES.
&&

GMZ235-140915-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR-
328 PM CDT THU AUG 13 2009
.TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS DECREASING TO 5 TO
10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY
CHOPPY. 
.FRIDAY...SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY
CHOPPY. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO
10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY
CHOPPY. 
.SATURDAY...SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY
CHOPPY. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY
CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. 
.SUNDAY...SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO
OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. 
.MONDAY...SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO
OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. 
.TUESDAY...SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING EAST 10 TO
15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 15 TO
20 KNOTS IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. BAYS CHOPPY. 
$$