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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

1103 AM EST WED JUN 6 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL

AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 7 PM...



A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA IN THE

TERRE HAUTE AREA JUST AFTER 11 AM EST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM

THESE SHOWERS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.



LATE THIS MORNING CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF INDIANA WERE NEARLY

FREE OF RAIN...BUT MANY SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS REMAIN HIGH OR OUT

OF THEIR BANKS. PONDED WATER MAY STILL CAUSE PROBLEMS IN SOME AREAS

THROUGH NOON EST.



ANOTHER WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON

TRIGGERING MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL LINGER INTO THIS

EVENING. ANY ADDITI0NAL MODERATE OR HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY RESULT

IN FLOODING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

WHERE EXCESSIVE RAIN AND SERIOUS FLOODING OCCURRED LAST NIGHT AND

EARLY THIS MORNING.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS AND ROADS IS

POSSIBLE. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING TODAY AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE

THROUGH WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS. WATER ONLY TWO FEET DEEP WILL FLOAT

AWAY MOST VEHICLES. MOST OF FLASH FLOOD DEATHS HAPPEN IN VEHICLES.



STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.



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