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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

700 AM EST FRI MAY 18 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY IN CENTRAL INDIANA FOR

THOSE AREAS ALONG AND CRAWFORDSVILLE TO WINCHESTER TO WINCHESTER

LINE.



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT BOTH TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT

FOR AN AREA FROM VINCENNES TO COLUMBUS AND RUSHVILLE.



EVEN THOUGH THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS MORNING.  THEY ARE

EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOCAL RAIN

AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF CENTRAL

INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON.



THESE HEAVY RAINS MAY PRODUCE MAY CAUSE RAPID RISES ON STREAMS AND

CREEKS THIS AFTERNOON.  IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH

AREA...BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING

IS ISSUED...OR RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY

AND THE ROAD BENEATH MAY NOT BE INTACT.



DURING HEAVY RAINS... KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER

CATCHMENTS... AND WATERWAYS. SHALLOW... GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN

BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

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HENDRICKSON



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