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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

619 PM EST FRI FEB 9 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR MOST OF

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM...



SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE...LAFAYETTE...

KOKOMO...ANDERSON...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...VINCENNES...

BLOOMINGTON...SEYMOUR AND COLUMBUS.



AT 600 PM...RADAR INDICATED THE BACK EDGE OF A WIDESPREAD AREA OF

PRECIPITATION NEAR THE ILLINOIS INDIANA BORDER. THE AREA OF RAIN WAS

MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. RAIN WILL BRIEFLY CHANGE TO SLEET

OR LIGHT SNOW BEFORE IT ENDS THIS EVENING.



A SPOTTER IN MARSHALL INDIANA...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF ROCKVILLE

REPORTED THE RAIN HAD SLACKED OFF BETWEEN 500 PM AND 600 PM AND

THE RAIN HAD RECENTLY CHANGED TO SLEET. HE ALSO REPORTED NEARLY AN

INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN TODAY...THAT WAS CAUSING AREAS OF PONDING

WATER.



RADAR SUGGESTS MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA HAVE RECEIVED

BETWEEN 0.75 INCH AND 1.5 INCH OF RAIN TODAY. MANY PLACES ARE

REPORTING PONDING WATER...STREET FLOODING AND RISING STREAMS.



RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THROUGH 700 PM...THUS THE THREAT OF

FLOODING WILL ALSO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES INTO AREAS WHERE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR

DRAINAGE DITCHES.



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EDDY

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