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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

946 PM EST SAT OCT 13 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN

INDIANA...SOUTHERN MICHIGAN... AND NORTHWEST OHIO TONIGHT...



SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL WILL BE

HEAVY AT TIMES WITH HALF INCH AMOUNTS IN AN HOUR POSSIBLE. BY

DAYBREAK...PARTS OF THE AREA COULD RECEIVE OVER TWO INCHES OF

RAIN FROM THIS STORM...CAUSING FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW LYING

AREAS. IN ADDITION...SOME RIVERS IN THE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO

FLOOD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...DUE TO THE RUNOFF OF TONIGHTS

HEAVY RAIN.



PEOPLE LIVING NEAR STREAMS...RIVERS... OR LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD

MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE FLOOD

WARNINGS TONIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE DRIVING OVERNIGHT...USE EXTRA

CAUTION... AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS

DRIVING CONDITIONS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER WHICH

IS FLOWING ACROSS A ROAD.

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