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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

646 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH

CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST...



AT 545 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED

TO REGENERATE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY OVER THE LAST

HOUR OR SO. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT A LARGE AREA OF 3 TO 4 INCHES

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF BRISTOW...BANDON...

LEOPOLD AND TERRY. NWS STORM SPOTTERS IN THAT AREA INDICATE THAT

LOCAL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING BANK FULL AT THIS TIME...AND

THAT SOME MINOR LOW LAND FLOODING WAS BEGINNING TO OCCUR.



EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA

THROUGH 630 PM EST...AND THUS ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY

STILL OCCUR. THEREFORE...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE FOR

CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM EST.



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING

WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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.  MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY.



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