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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

955 AM EST FRI JUL 20 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAVIESS AND

SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 AM...



AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM EASTERN

SULLIVAN COUNTY TO SHOALS AND ALFORDSVILLE IN MARTIN AND DAVIESS

COUNTIES RESPECTIVELY. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN. ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT

OF THE WARNED AREA RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO LINGER IN THE AREA.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL FELL ACROSS

SOUTHEASTERN DAVIESS AND SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES THIS MORNING.

DAVIESS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS WATER OVER ROADWAYS IN THE SOUTHEAST

PART OF THE COUNTY AND AN OBSERVER SOUTH OF ALFORDSVILLE REPORTED

2.5 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING.



RUN-OFF FROM THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOODING

THROUGH AT LEAST 1145 ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN DAVIESS AND SOUTHERN

MARTIN COUNTIES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER.  DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE

WATER IS FLOWING...EVEN ON FOOT. RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY

SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.



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