Over 1.75 inches of rain fell with this last system, and we have soggy, muddy grass and some minor flooding to prove it. We have some flood warnings in Southern Indiana for the Muscatatuck River, the East Fork of the White River and the Wabash River. We also have a flood warning for the Green River in South Central Kentucky.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...THE FLOOD
WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE GREEN RIVER AT WOODBURY.
* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY MORNING.
* AT 6:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.2 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 33.1 FEET BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE RIVER
WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 33.0 FEET...KY 403 AT JAMES MCKINNEY BRIDGE FLOODS.
WATER OVERFLOWS LOCK WALL.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 33.2
FEET ON DEC 11 2009.
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE EAST FORK WHITE RIVER AT SEYMOUR.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 8:00 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.7 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.0 FEET BY
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* AT 16.0 FEET...EXTENSIVE LOWLAND FLOODING AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL
LANDS. MANY COUNTY AND STATE ROADS IN FLOOD PLAIN BECOME
IMPASSABLE BY HIGH WATER. THESE INCLUDE SR 235 EAST OF MEDORA...SR
258 EAST OF CORTLAND...COUNTY ROAD 725 N AND POSSIBLY STATE ROAD 39
SOUTH OF TAMPICO. HIGH WATER AFFECTS COUNTY ROADS NEAR VALLONIA
AND SHIELDS...EWING ROAD NEAR BROWNSTOWN...COUNTY ROAD 525 NORTH
NEAR SEYMOUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT...HONEYTOWN ROAD AND
POSSIBLY STATE ROADS 250 EAST OF DUDLEYTOWN AND 256 WEST OF AUSTIN.
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MUSCATATUCK RIVER AT WHEELER HOLLOW.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
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Here's the latest tally of the Alabama tornadoes from early this week from the NWS Birmingham:
We may see a few flurries or sprinkles mixed with sleet in the morning tomorrow, but it should be brief and out of here by the time most of us wake up (but then again I sleep late on Saturday). No accumulation expected in our area.
