Indiana Drought Monitor

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PROBABILISTIC HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
100 PM EST FRI MAR 5 2010

...FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK FROM MARCH 5 TO MARCH 19 FOR CENTRAL
AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN INDIANA...

THE LATE WINTER FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK FOR MUCH OF THE WHITE AND
WABASH RIVER BASINS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA IS NEAR NORMAL.
A NEAR NORMAL FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
IS NECESSARY TO CAUSE EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
INDIANA.

AS OF MARCH 5 STREAM LEVELS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA WERE
NEAR NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.  MUCH OF THE SNOW THAT HAD
ACCUMULATED SINCE FEBRUARY 5 HAS MELTED.   STREAMS ROSE TO NEAR
BANKFULL LEVELS DURING THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY.

RESIDUAL SNOW COVER IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA WILL MELT BY
TUESDAY...MARCH 9.  RAINFALL THROUGH MARCH 9 MAY APPROACH ONE HALF
OF AN INCH.  THIS COMBINATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ANY LOWLAND
FLOODING THROUGH MARCH 10.

THE 6 TO 10 DAY OUTLOOK FROM WEDNESDAY MARCH 10 THROUGH SUNDAY MARCH
14 CALLS FOR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL.  SOME
LOWLAND FLOODING MAY DEVELOP AFTER MARCH 12.

THE 8 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOK FROM FRIDAY MARCH 12 THROUGH THURSDAY
MARCH 16 INDICATES BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION.  SUCH A WEATHER PATTERN MAY LIMIT ANY FLOODING THAT
MAY DEVELOP AFTER MARCH 12.

PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO
DAILY WEATHER CONDITIONS.  FLOOD CONDITIONS CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
DURING EARLY MARCH.  MANY OF THE SIGNIFICANT FLOODS TO STRIKE INDIANA
HAVE OCCURRED DURING MARCH.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CHANGING WEATHER AND RIVER
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

FOR DETAILED WEATHER AND FLOOD INFORMATION GO TO WEATHER.GOV/IND ON
THE WEB.

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