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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

1055 PM EST MON MAR 18 2002



...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR PARTS OF 

SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...



THE FLOOD WATCH IS FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES 

NORTH OF VINCENNES TO GREENSBURG. 



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT.



A WARM FRONT WILL PUSH NORTH TO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY ON TUESDAY.

THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE FEEDING INTO THE 

FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS 

SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE INCH WILL BE COMMON WITH THIS 

SYSTEM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES. THE RAIN WILL 

BE FALLING IN AN AREA WHERE THE TERRAIN IS QUITE HILLY AND THE 

GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED. 



PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE

POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE 

CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. STAY TUNES TO 

NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE 

FLOOD WARNINGS SHOULD THEY BECOME NECESSARY.



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JAS

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