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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

638 AM EST WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINCENNES



* UNTIL 930 AM EST



* AT 636 AM EST...RADAR ESTIMATED 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL        

  HAS FALLEN ACROSS KNOX COUNTY IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. AS THE      

  GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATURED...THE RAIN WILL RESULT IN            

  FLOODING.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3888 8751 3848 8766 3855 8730 3879 8728

          3889 8716



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