Here’s the area river stages as of this morning: Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 5.3 feet. Flood stage is 17 feet. At Clay City the stage is 4.28 feet. Flood stage is 18 feet. At Carmi the river is at 3.71 feet. Flood stage is 27 feet. The Skillet Fork at Wayne City reads 4.96 feet. Flood stage is 15 feet. The Wabash River at Mt. Carmel is at 4.4 feet, below the 19-foot flood stage, and the Wabash River at New Harmony is at 2.79 feet. Flood stage is 15 feet.
Area rivers should stay low the next several days, as no rain is in the forecast, other than slight chances for showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. A warmup is also expected with afternoon high temperatures into the mid 90s towards Friday of this week.