Flood Warning Issued for Wabash River

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(Undated) – The National Weather Service has issued a “Flood Warning” for the Wabash River. They say the Wabash River at the Hutsonville Legacy Power Plant site will crest at nineteen feet, three feet above “flood stage.” According to the National Weather Service, at eighteen feet “seep water” occurs behind levees on the Indiana side, Hutson Creek begins to overflow from backwater, and a few rural roads in eastern Clark and Crawford counties become impassable. The river is expected to rise above flood stage tomorrow morning to a crest early Wednesday afternoon before falling back below flood stage Saturday, February 3rd.