8:50 A.M. UPDATE
Several areas across the county are experiencing high water and road closures due to continued flooding. Please avoid driving through flooded roadways and use alternate routes. Local law enforcement has said officers and deputies have the discretion to ticket motorists who disregard high water and road closing signs, triggering a water rescue. The fine is up to $500 for each instance.
High Water Reported:
250S – between 400W and 475W
400W – between 200S and 250S
Water is moving into Candlelight
300S – between 275W and 400W
250 N / 1140 E – Anderson Falls area
Newbern Road – between 265N and 225N
Roads Closed:
Jonesville Road (State Road 11) – between State Road 46 and Garden City
South Gladstone Avenue curves
475W – between Carr Hill and 250S
S 600E / E 850S – 600E closed
400N – Tinkey Bridge
800S – between Azalia and State Road 11
Southern Crossing – between Jonesville Road (State Road 11) and 150E
Jonesville Road (State Road 11) – between Southern Crossing and 550S
400W / 850S
800S – between Base Rd and 60E
300E – between 500S and 600S
Tellman Road – between Indianapolis Road and 200W
Riverside Drive
Tulip Drive – between Marshall and Reeves Drive
N 325W/W 200N
N 325W/W Georgetown Road
Closed Recreation Areas / People Trails:
Several sections of the People Trails
McCullough’s Run Park
Mill Race Park
Noblitt Park
Tannehill Fishing Site
ORIGINAL STORY
The National Weather Service has extended a flood warning for a portion of Bartholomew County until 9 p.m. today.
The flood warning due to excessive rainfall is in effect for:
Northeastern Bartholomew County in central Indiana…
Northwestern Decatur County in central Indiana…
Eastern Johnson County in central Indiana…
Rush County in central Indiana…
Southeastern Shelby County in central Indiana…
Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the warned area. Between 3 and 6 inches of rain
have fallen.
– Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Columbus, Shelbyville, Rushville, Edinburgh, Hope, Flat Rock,
Milford, Geneva, St. Paul, Carthage, Clifford, Waldron,
Manilla, Moscow, Arlington, Marietta, Mays and Taylorsville.
Bartholomew County Emergency Management has listed the following locations with high water or road closings:
High water:
Central/Broadmoor
250S – between 400W and 475W
400W – between 200S and 250S
Water is moving into Candlelight
300S – between 275W and 400W
Tellman Rd, between Indianapolis Rd and 200W
250 N/1140 E – Anderson Falls area
Roads Closed:
Jonesville Rd (SR11), between SR46 and Garden City S Gladstone Ave Curves
475W between Carr Hill and 250S
Rockyford – between Longshore and Marr Rd.
S 600E/E 850S – 600E Closed
400 N – Tinkey Bridge
800S – between Azalia and SR11
W Baker Hollow Rd. closed at 700W
Southern Crossing, between Jonesville Rd (SR11) and 150E
Recreation/People Trails:
Several sections of the People Trails are closed.
McCullough’s Run Park
Mill Race Park
Noblitt Park
Tannehill Fishing Site
