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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

1100 AM EST FRI JUL 20 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAVIESS AND

SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 AM...



AT 1055 AM AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM

TERRE HAUTE TO SHOALS IN MARTIN COUNTY. SOME OF THE SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST

RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF DAVIESS AND MARTIN COUNTIES...RAIN

IS EXPECTED TO LINGER IN THE AREA THROUGH NOON.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES

ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN DAVIESS AND SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES THIS

MORNING. RAINFALL OF 4.5 INCHES WAS REPORTED IN ALFORDSVILLE.

DAVIESS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT ALL LOCAL ROADS

WERE UNDERWATER AT 930 AM NEAR ALFORDSVILLE. NO FLOODING REPORTS

HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY...HOWEVER SOME COUNTY

ROADS ARE LIKELY UNDERWATER.  EXERCISE CAUTION IN THESE AREAS.



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.  REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.



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