

000 

WGUS53 KIND 061634

FFWIND

INC027-055-083-101-153-062030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

1132 AM EST MON MAY 6 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINCENNES

  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA



* UNTIL 330 PM EST



* AT 1130 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM 30 MILES WEST OF SHELBURN TO 21 MILES WEST OF

  RUSSELLVILLE...OR FROM 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON TO 10 MILES

  NORTHEAST OF OLNEY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

  VINCENNES AT 1225 PM EST

  OAKTOWN AT 1235 PM EST

  SULLIVAN AT 1240 PM EST

  SHELBURN AT 1245 PM EST



THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...ROADS AND

UNDERPASSES. FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING ALSO.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TO ESCAPE

RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE THREATENED BY RISING FLOOD WATERS MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

INDIANAPOLIS.

