1:45 P.M. UPDATE
Bartholomew County Emergency Management said several roads remain closed or have high water. Please do not drive through flooded roadways and use alternate routes whenever possible.
High Water Reported:
250S – between 400W and 475W
Tannehill – between 330W and 280W
8100-8300 block of 330W
Roads Closed:
Jonesville Road (State Road 11) – between State Road 46 and Garden City
400 N – 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
300E – between 500S and 600S
Tellman Road – between Indianapolis Road and 200W
Riverside Drive
Tulip Drive – between Marshall and Reeves Drive
330W – between 450N and Ohio Ridge 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
COLUMBUS, Ind. — The National Weather Service has extended flood warnings for the East Fork White River at Columbus and Seymour, Flatrock River near Columbus, Sugar Creek near Edinburgh, Big Blue River at Shelbyville and the Driftwood River near Edinburgh.
Total rainfall amounts of 3 inches to more than 5 inches of rain across much of central and southern Indiana is bringing widespread moderate flooding across the East Fork White and lower White basins and their tributaries.
Additional rainfall over the weekend and next week could lengthen the amount of time area rivers remain in flood or bring additional rises next week.
East Fork White River in Columbus.
The flood warning will continue until Sunday night. At 9 p.m. Friday, the stage was at 13.4 feet. The maximum river stage was at 14.1 feet. The river is expected to fall below flood stage Sunday morning and continue falling and remain below flood stage at 9 feet.
Flatrock River near Columbus
The flood warning will continue until early Sunday morning.
At 8:30 p.m. Friday, the stage was 13.7 feet.
The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 8:30 p.m. Friday was 14.8 feet.
The river is expected to fall below flood stage late tomorrow evening and continue falling and remain below flood stage. Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Driftwood River near Edinburgh
The flood warning will continue until early Monday.
At 8:30 p.m. Friday the stage was 14.3 feet. The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 8:30 p.m. Friday was 15.2 feet.
The river is expected to fall below flood stage early Sunday afternoon and continue falling and remain below flood stage.
– Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
ROAD CLOSINGS, HIGH WATER
High Water Reported:
250S – between 400W and 475W
South Gladstone Avenue at the curves
Tannehill – between 330W and 280W
Roads Closed:
Jonesville Road (State Road 11) – between State Road 46 and Garden City
South Gladstone Avenue at the curves
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
300E – between 500S and 600S
Tellman Road – between Indianapolis Road and 200W
Riverside Drive
Tulip Drive – between Marshall and Reeves Drive
330W – between 450N and Ohio Ridge Road
Closed Recreation Areas / People Trails:
Several sections of the People Trails
McCullough’s Run Park
Mill Race Park
Noblitt Park
Tannehill Fishing Site
