for the Saint Marys River near Decatur * until Tuesday morning. * At 8 am Monday the stage was 17.1 feet and falling. * Minor flooding is occurring. * Flood stage is 17.0 feet. * Forecast... the river will fall below the 17.0 foot flood stage around 2 PM Monday March 15. * At 17.0 feet... agricultural flooding occurs along the river in northern... central and eastern Adams County.
1055 am EDT Mon Mar 15 2010
for the Saint Joseph River Ohio above Newville * until late Saturday night. * At 10 am Monday the stage was 12.9 feet and rising. * Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * Flood stage is 12.0 feet. * Forecast... the river will rise to a crest near 13.0 feet around 2 am Wednesday March 17 and fall below flood stage around 4 am Saturday March 20. * At 14.0 feet... significant flooding occurs on DeKalb County Road 42 about 3 miles northeast of Newville. Considerable agricultural and low land flooding occurs along the St. Joseph river to the Cedarville Reservoir.