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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

850 AM EST WED MAY 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 AM EST FOR ORANGE AND

DUBOIS COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...



AT 850 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAIN HAD 

ENDED ACROSS ORANGE AND DUBOIS COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. HOWEVER 

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THROUGH ITS 930 

AM EST EXPIRATION TIME...SINCE WATER RUNOFF COULD STILL CREATE 

FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA. 



LOCAL OBSERVATIONS AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES HAVE SHOWN ABOUT 1.5 

TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS MORNING ACROSS DUBOIS AND ORANGE 

COUNTIES. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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