Flood Warning for Elizabethtown, Illinois
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
943 AM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Kentucky...Indiana...Illinois...
Ohio River at Newburgh Dam, Mount Vernon, J.T. Myers Dam, and
Shawneetown.
.Recent heavy rainfall in the Ohio River basin has caused minor
flooding.
For the Ohio River...including Newburgh Dam, Mount Vernon, J.T.
Myers Dam, Shawneetown...Minor flooding is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
ILC059-069-KYC055-225-201645-
/O.EXT.KPAH.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-240424T2320Z/
/SHNI2.1.ER.240408T0352Z.240421T0600Z.240424T1720Z.NO/
943 AM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Ohio River at Shawneetown.
* WHEN...Until Wednesday evening.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:30 AM CDT Friday the stage was 39.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 40.2
feet early Sunday morning. It will then fall below flood
stage early Wednesday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 33.0 feet.
LAT...LON 3778 8811 3773 8800 3757 8800 3753 8818
3771 8821