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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

300 PM EST SAT OCT 13 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA

TONIGHT...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE

WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR

IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH

FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.  AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL

WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. NEVER DRIVE INTO

FLOODED ROADWAYS.



RAIN WAS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL 

CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT OVER THE WEST CENTRAL...AND WILL SPREAD OVER 

THE EAST CENTRAL BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL LIKELY BE 

HEAVY AT TIMES. IT SHOULD DIMINISH OVER THE WEST CENTRAL AROUND 

MIDNIGHT ...AND DIMINISH OVER THE EAST CENTRAL BY 300 AM OR 400 AM. 

RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES SHOULD BE COMMON BY SUNDAY 

MORNING.

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