Hoosier Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Wabash River at the Lafayette gauge at 24.97 feet at 8:30 this morning, currently the 13th highest level on record. Flooding impacts 25 Major flooding in progress in the Lafayette area. Residents of several homes evacuated during the floods of July 2003 and January 2005. Some local roads flooded by several feet. Tapawingo Park almost commpletely flooded. Local business in the Levee Plaza area and residents of Wabash Landing should monitor river closely if river continues to rise steadily at this level. The last time the river was at a higher level was February 1959...before the upstream flood control reservoirs were built. Historical Crests for Wabash River at Lafayette (1) 32.90 ft on 03/26/1913 (2) 31.10 ft on 02/17/1883 (3) 29.50 ft on 08/03/1875 (4) 28.47 ft on 05/19/1943 (5) 28.00 ft on 06/11/1858 (6) 28.00 ft on 08/05/1878 (7) 26.28 ft on 06/14/1958 (8) 25.50 ft on 02/27/1936 (9) 25.35 ft on 01/06/1950 (10) 25.30 ft on 02/11/1959 (11) 25.05 ft on 07/10/2003 (12) 25.03 ft on 01/14/2005 (13) 24.32 ft on 02/25/1985 (14) 24.31 ft on 02/07/2008 (15) 24.07 ft on 01/16/1930 Update: * AT 10:30 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 25.4 FEET BY THIS EVENING THEN BEGIN FALLING. * AT 25.0 FEET...IN APRIL 2013...75 TO 100 HOMES AFFECTED NEAR THE RIVER AND 4 BULLDINGS IN THE WILLIAMSBURG APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH FLOODING OF 65 CARS. SR 43 CLOSED AT ROBINSON STREET IN WEST LAFAYETTE. ALL APPROACHES TO SR 443 CLOSED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Did you guys hear about Forest View on the southwest side? Des Plaines river flooded over a levee and flooded most of the small town of 700 people. My family and I grew up not far from there and this never happened even in 86/87. http://wgntv.com/2013/04/19/floodwater-spills-over-levee-in-forest-view/ Yeah I heard about that! 1200 from the town of Marseilles are being ordered to evacuate. http://wgntv.com/2013/04/20/flooding-forces-1000-to-evacuate-marseilles/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Not a real great time to be a property insurance adjuster... Just left a house with 4 feet of sewage in the basement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Not a real great time to be a property insurance adjuster... Just left a house with 4 feet of sewage in the basement. Ugh.... that will be a smell that is hard to get rid of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Us Corp of Engineers is predicting a crest of 29 on Monday while the NWS says 30 on Tuesday,,, EAST PEORIA – The Illinois River is predicted to crest at a record high very early Tuesday, April 23. The City of East Peoria is recommending residents be proactive and plan ahead in the event of an emergency. City officials say if severe flooding does occur, residents in the Richland Farms area and those along the river along Main Street and westward will need to evacuate. If this should occur, residents should have a plan for themselves and their pets, including having basic supplies ready and provisions for their animals. Voluntary evacuation, if possible, is encouraged. Officials say no one is allowed on the levee for any reason, and boaters are advised to stay off the river. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51605231#.UXLQ9LXqnro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 One of the main roads out of Erie going under water now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 18z nam wet over central and northern IL tuesday system 1.5-2 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Needless to say that will only exacerbate and prolong the flooding of area rivers. Hopefully this system is a quick mover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Took this picture at Shamrock Park in Lafayette. It is prone to flooding but this is about as bad as I've seen it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Took this picture at Shamrock Park in Lafayette. It is prone to flooding but this is about as bad as I've seen it b.jpg Impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Impressive. Took a ride to Tapawingo...it's also very flooded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Took a ride to Tapawingo...it's also very flooded. I bet. I'm gonna take a drive around tomorrow and see the sights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 I bet. I'm gonna take a drive around tomorrow and see the sights. Should've gone today. River will be falling by tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Should've gone today. River will be falling by tomorrow. Had to work all day. All I got to see was the emergency sewer repair on 26 and Creasy, that's been going on since Friday morning. What a disaster traffic-wise that's been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Had to work all day. All I got to see was the emergency sewer repair on 26 and Creasy, that's been going on since Friday morning. What a disaster traffic-wise that's been. lol, yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 lol, yeah LAF's "finest" weatherman is trying to hint at something, I think... This would be the highest crest since June 14, 1958. It would tie the February 1936 flood. What is so interesting is that we had so much rainfall & melting snow in late winter-spring 1936 & it ended up being the hottest & driest summer on record (at least back to 1868). However, 1958 was a wet summer with frequent showers & storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Needless to say that will only exacerbate and prolong the flooding of area rivers. Hopefully this system is a quick mover. Will be interesting to see how much it slows the drops. Will be another 24-36 hours or so before those precip amounts are factored into the river forecasts. Convective elements always add some uncertainty but overall the setup doesn't seem as favorable for those obscene amounts that happened last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Video from today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Video from today. Nice video Frostfern. I've been along that stretch of waterfront before too. Amazing to see the river that high and up into the buildings. Be careful of those Geese! I've been chased and hissed by them before. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 My friend sent this along to me, he is in Central IL between Macomb and Havana. This is the Spoon River about 2 miles from him, he lives just over the wooded ridge in the background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 So yeah, NAM 48 hours out FTW? Maybe too dry? Crazy stuff. the funny thing was the night before everything got going it was only spitting out like 2" or a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Video from today. Awesome vid, thanks for filming. Hopefully those sandbags won't be needed. Hate those bloody geese in the spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csnavywx Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Model bias actually tends to be dry at higher QPF amounts (>.75" per 6 hours). In this extreme of an event, they're usually very dry compared to reality. Tuesday is making me worry as it is coming in right on the heels of a crest, or in the case of the STL region, 1-2 days before the crest of the last surge. Long range pattern stays quite active and (mostly) below normal temps, keeping uptake by evaporation and evapo-transpiration rather low, so soils will stay waterlogged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Model bias actually tends to be dry at higher QPF amounts (>.75" per 6 hours). In this extreme of an event, they're usually very dry compared to reality. Tuesday is making me worry as it is coming in right on the heels of a crest, or in the case of the STL region, 1-2 days before the crest of the last surge. Long range pattern stays quite active and (mostly) below normal temps, keeping uptake by evaporation and evapo-transpiration rather low, so soils will stay waterlogged. Yeah and at this range the models are already painting 1-2" amounts on areas that do not need the rain. This is really going to compound the issue over a large real estate some of which, like the photo I posted above are experiencing record crests. The photo above is of the Spoon River which crested 9.7' above flood stage in London Mills, IL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 My friend sent this along to me, he is in Central IL between Macomb and Havana. This is the Spoon River about 2 miles from him, he lives just over the wooded ridge in the background Beautiful part of the state, but does not get much more rural than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Beautiful part of the state, but does not get much more rural than that. Yeah his town has a gas station, and that is about it lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Awesome vid, thanks for filming. Hopefully those sandbags won't be needed. Hate those bloody geese in the spring. I filled sandbags for about 30 minutes and stopped. There were actually way too many volunteers and it was overcrowded with people standing around doing nothing. It was overkill by yesterday. They had built walls for a crest 5 feet higher when the river was only going to rise another two feet or so. Those geese do have an attitude. lol. I've encountered wild turkeys in my area that are even more aggressive and will attack rather than run away when approached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 At least there are no reds...but still..... via LOT.... AREA FORECAST DISCUSSIONNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE ILSUN APR 21 2013.HYDROLOGY...257 PM SUNDAY...EXPECTED RAINFALL ON TUESDAY WILL LIKELY PROLONGFALLING RIVER LEVELS...POSSIBLY CAUSING NEW RISES AS WELL ASCAUSING SOME RIVERS THAT HAVE ALREADY FALLEN BELOW FLOOD STAGE TORISE BACK TO OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. BUT CONFIDENCE REGARDINGSPECIFICS IS LOW DUE TO MANY FACTORS.FIRST...AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM CURRENT GUIDANCE SUGGESTS0.5 TO 0.75 INCHES OF NEW RAINFALL AND WHILE THESE AMOUNTS HAVEBEEN SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT OVER THE PAST DAY OR SO...THE GFS AND THENAM ARE INDICATING THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE INCH OR MORE. SECOND...WHILE THE ENTIRE CWA WILL SEE RAIN...ITS POSSIBLE THE HEAVIESTAMOUNTS WILL BE MORE LOCALIZED...AND POSSIBLY AFFECT ONLY CERTAINRIVER BASINS. THIRD...THE DURATION AND INTENSITY OF RAIN. IF THERAIN FALLS IN A PERIOD OF A FEW HOURS AND BECOMES HEAVY...MUCH OFIT WILL RUNOFF INTO CREEKS/STREAMS WHICH HAVE LITTLE/NO CAPACITY.THUS FLOODING OF AREAS WHERE WATER HAS ALREADY RECEDED ISPOSSIBLE. FOURTH...EVEN IF THE RAIN IS MORE MODERATE OR AMOUNTSARE LIGHTER THAN EXPECTED...THE GROUND IS STILL SATURATED. SOADDITIONAL RAINFALL...EVEN SPREAD OUT OVER A LONGER TIMEPERIOD...WILL LIKELY STILL CAUSE NEW RISES OR AT LEAST DELAYFALLING RIVERS.OF GREATEST CONCERN WOULD BE HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.THIS WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING SINCE THERUNOFF WOULD HAVE NO WHERE TO GO...EXCEPT LOW LYING AREAS THATMAY STILL HAVE FLOODING ISSUES. CMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 The river is currently cresting at 22.8 feet in downtown Grand Rapids. It was at 21.2 feet yesterday afternoon in the video. Flood stage is 18 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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