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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

517 PM EST FRI AUG 10 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL

645 PM EST...



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY SINCE 230

PM EST. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL OF THREE AND HALF INCHES

HAS OCCURRED BETWEEN MEDORA AND DUDLEYTOWN...NEAR STARVE HOLLOW

STATE BEACH.



JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF AND INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORT WATER

COVERING STATE ROADS 235...135 AND 250 IN SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY.



THE RAINFALL WILL GRADUALLY END BY 545 PM...BUT FLASH FLOODING WILL

REMAIN A THREAT A WHILE LONGER AS THE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN

CONTINUES.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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ZIMMERMAN

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