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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

643 PM EST FRI APR 12 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR

BARTHOLOMEW...SOUTHERN JOHNSON...SOUTHERN MORGAN...SOUTHERN SHELBY...

BROWN...MONROE...EASTERN GREENE AND SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTIES.



RAINFALL OF ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS

MUCH OF THIS AREA SINCE 430 PM EST. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP

TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE WARNED AREA

THROUGH 745 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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