The worst of the White River flooding appears to be over, but impacts will continue for several days, says Jason Puma with the National Weather Service in Indianapolis.

“We’re tracking the crest, and it appears to be in Morgan County. It actually looks like it may have just passed Centerton,” Puma said.

Flood warnings remain in effect because many areas are still well above flood stage.

“Even though it’s not raining anymore, the impacts of flooding are still ongoing,” Puma said.

Puma says another round of rain is possible late Tuesday into Wednesday, but it should not produce significant additional flooding.

“Our last chance for some rain really looks like it’ll be late Tuesday night into Wednesday,” Puma said. “We have a 50% chance for some showers or some thunderstorms. However, rainfall amounts are going to be generally less than a quarter of an inch.”

Puma says the overall weather pattern is changing, which should limit the threat of more heavy rain.

“The very moist flow that was helping to bring a lot of this moisture to Indiana is shifting further south,” Puma said. “That should prevent some of these heavier storms.”

Flooding will remain a concern in parts of Morgan and Owen counties, including near Bloomfield and farther downstream.

“They are still going to see some flooding in their areas,” Puma said. “A lot of that is agricultural area, but there are also a lot of roads that will perhaps be flooded.”

Puma is urging people to stay away from floodwaters after a water rescue in Morgan County.

“We saw that there was a water rescue in Morgan County of someone who entered floodwater,” Puma said. “Please stay out of floodwaters. Turn around, don’t drown.”

Puma says the major flooding is beginning to recede, but some communities are seeing water levels they have not experienced in generations.

“Most people in southern Indiana who live along the river have never seen the river come up this high before, just because it hasn’t in so long,” Puma said.

He says the current flooding may be comparable to historic flooding dating back more than a century.

“Going back to the floods of perhaps 1913, the landscape probably looked a whole lot different,” Puma said.