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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

545 AM EST THU JUN 21 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL

INDIANA TODAY...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH

FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA FOR TODAY. THE

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS FOR A 50 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM

VINCENNES TO BEDFORD...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WASHINGTON AND SHOALS

AND THE COUNTIES OF DAVIESS...KNOX...LAWRENCE AND MARTIN.



AT 545 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING

ONLY LIGHT RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA. EARLIER THIS

MORNING...RADAR ESTIMATED A BAND OF AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN FELL

ACROSS PARTS OF KNOX COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN ALSO FELL ON TUESDAY NIGHT

WHICH HAS LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED. HOWEVER...THERE WERE NO REPORTS

OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AS OF THIS TIME.



SEVERAL MORE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND ARE

EXPECTED TO OCCUR MAINLY LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS

POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...

CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR

QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED

QUICKLY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS

OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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