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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

528 PM EST FRI APR 12 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR

FOUNTAIN...VERMILLION AND WARREN COUNTIES. RAINFALL OF ONE AND A

HALF TO TWO AND HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THESE

COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL...UP TO TWO INCHES ADDITIONAL...IS EXPECTED

OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 630 PM EST. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL

LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



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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