Webster Lake and Tippecanoe are closed to boating until flood waters recede.
Statement as of 10:44 AM EDT on March 16, 2009
The Flood Warning has been extended for the Tippecanoe river near Ora
* until Saturday afternoon… or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 9 am Monday the stage was 14.4 feet and slowly falling.
* Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
* Forecast… the river will fall below the 12.0 foot flood stage around 2 PM Friday March 20.
* At 14.0 feet… extensive flooding of residences and low lying areas begins.
Here's the link to the streamflow for the Tippecanoe River @ North Webster:
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State lifts restrictions on Kosciusko County lakes
Associated Press
11:54 AM CDT, March 27, 2009
WARSAW, Ind. – The state Department of Natural Resources has reopened nine lakes in northern Indiana's Kosciusko (Koss-ee-OSS'-koh) County to motorized watercraft.
The lakes were closed March 16 because of unusually high water levels. The DNR said Friday the threat of flooding has passed.
The affected lakes were Tippecanoe, Oswego, James, Big Barbee, Little Barbee, Irish, Kuhn, Sechrist and Winona.
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