Flood Warning in Gibson County, Indiana
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
6/1/2026 10:56:00 AM (UTC)
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
6/1/2026 10:56:00 AM until 6/2/2026
The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Indiana...
White River at Hazleton and Petersburg.
.As of Monday morning, the last of the lowland flooding remains in
the Petersburg and Hazleton areas on the White River in southwest
Indiana. Flooding will come to an end no later than Wednesday
evening.
Very little to no rain is forecast over central Indiana river basins
through Friday. Light rain chances return to the state late Friday
and Friday night, continuing through the weekend.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...White River at Petersburg.
* WHEN...Until tomorrow afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 17.0 feet, Flooding affects low agricultural lands,
low oil fields and closes Bottoms Rd...Brothers Rd and East
Governors Road in Knox County. In agricultural season...farmers
are concerned at this stage.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:30 AM EDT Monday /9:30 AM CDT Monday/ the stage was
17.4 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 10:30 AM EDT Monday /9:30 AM CDT Monday/ was 18.9
feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
late tonight and continue falling and remain below flood
stage.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood




