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WGUS71 KILN 071431

FFSILN

INC029-047-137-071500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

929 AM EST TUE MAY 7 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FRANKLIN...DEARBORN AND RIPLEY 

COUNTIES IN INDIANA IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



RAINFALL OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA HAS DIMINISHED TO ONLY ABOUT ONE TO 

TWO TENTHS OF PRECIPITATION AN HOUR. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO FURTHER 

WORSEN ANY EXISTING FLOODING. THERE IS LIKELY SOME REMAINING HIGH 

WATER THROUGHOUT THESE COUNTIES...WHICH SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE.



NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED ROAD OR AROUND HIGH WATER

SIGNS. MORE THAN HALF OF FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. IT

ONLY TAKES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET OF WATER TO FLOAT A CAR OR TRUCK.



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