Local rivers to see mostly minor flooding
Update: 10 p.m. Saturday
The National Weather Service has issued flood warnings for area rivers.
Those include:
- Moderate flooding is forecast on the East Fork White River near Seymour from this afternoon to Thursday morning. The river will rise above flood stage late this afternoon to 18.3 feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall to 16.6 feet and begin rising again early Monday afternoon. It will rise to 16.7 feet Tuesday morning. It will then fall below flood stage Wednesday evening.
- Moderate flooding is occurring on Haw Creek until Sunday afternoon. Flood stage is 12 feet and the river was at 14.5 feet this evening near Clifford. The river is expected to crest this evening, then to fall back below flood stage tomorrow evening.
- Minor flooding is forecast on the Flatrock River near Columbus from this evening to Monday evening. The river is expected to rise above minor flood stage late this evening to a crest of 14.3 feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early Monday afternoon.
- Minor flooding is forecast on Clifty Creek at Hartsville until further notice. The maximum river depth was 13 feet at 5 p.m. Saturday. Since 1948, Clifty Creek has crested above 13 feet only 3 times, the last time in June 2008. The creek is expected to crest at 12.1 feet late tonight.
- Minor flooding is forecast on the Driftwood River near Edinburgh from late tonight to Tuesday morning. The river is expected to rise above minor flood stage late this evening to a crest of 13.9 feet Monday morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Tuesday morning.
- Minor flooding is forecast on the East Fork White River near Columbus from late tonight to Tuesday morning. The river is expected to rise above flood stage just after midnight tonight to a crest of 11.1 feet Sunday evening. It will then fall below flood stage late Monday evening.
- Minor flooding is happening on the Muscatatuck River at Vernon from this afternoon to early Sunday afternoon. The river was at 22.4 feet at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, more than 5 feet above the 17 foot flood stage. It is expected to crest just after midnight.