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FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
923 AM EDT MON APR 22 2013

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VIGO-
923 AM EDT MON APR 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR RAPID RIVER RISES AND AN OVERTOPPING LEVEE IN... 
  SOUTHWESTERN VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY

* AT 914 AM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FEW FEET OF SWIFTLY MOVING   
  WATER OVER ROADS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROBERTSON                
  ROAD...CANTRELL DRIVE AND ARBUCKLE PLACE NEAR WHERE THE HONEY      
  CREEK LEVEE AND GREENFIELD BAYOU JOIN. THIS MAY BE DUE TO A        
  POSSIBLE BREACH OF THE SOUTH END OF THE HONEY CREEK LEVEE. SHOULD  
  A BREACH OF THE LEVEE BE CONFIRMED OR FLOODING WORSENS...THIS      
  WARNING MAY BE UPGRADED TO A FLASH FLOOD WARNING.

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF           
  SOUTHWESTERN VIGO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE VILLAGES OF HUTTON AND    
  VIGO. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...WABASH 
RIVER...HONEY CREEK...OXENDINE BAYOU...HAYWARD SLOUGH...GREENFIELD 
BAYOU AND ASHMORE CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE WAS AT A LEVEL OF 27.3 FEET AT 9 AM 
EDT. THE RIVER APPEARS TO BE NEARING CREST IN TERRE HAUTE... 
ALTHOUGH RIVER LEVELS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 27 FEET UNTIL   
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

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LAT...LON 3935 8758 3935 8756 3936 8754 3938 8753
      3939 8746 3933 8751 3926 8751 3926 8761
      3928 8762 3930 8761 3930 8763 3931 8762

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RYAN/SHIPE