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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

1050 AM EST FRI MAY 18 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY AND

EARLY TONIGHT...



SHOWERS WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING

THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY

TONIGHT. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE HALF INCH IN 30 MINUTES MAY

OCCUR.



SOME LOCATIONS IN INDIANA HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN OVER

THE PAST WEEK. THIS HEAVY RAIN ON THE SATURATED GROUND MAY CAUSE

CREEKS AND STREAMS TO QUICKLY FLOOD. PONDING OF WATER IS ALSO

LIKELY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



THIS HEAVY RAIN WAS BEING GENERATED BY A COLD FRONT THAT WAS MOVING

SLOWLY THROUGH INDIANA. IT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF INDIANA THIS EVENING

ENDING THE RAIN.



USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TODAY. AVOID AREAS THAT FLOOD EASILY.

DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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