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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

945 AM EST WED MAY 8 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN PART OF 

CENTRAL INDIANA FROM BEDFORD TO NORTH VERNON.



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 

1000 AM EST AND JENNINGS AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM EST.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE LOCAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OF

RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT FROM JUST SOUTH OF VINCENNES TO JUST SOUTH OF

BEDFORD. ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCH RAIN AMOUNTS WERE THE RULE IN THE

SEYMOUR AND NORTH VERNON AREAS. 



WEATHER RADAR AT 940 AM EST AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE 

HEAVIER RAINFALL HAS MOVED EASTWARD TO EAST CENTRAL AND EXTREME 

SOUTHEAST INDIANA. LIGHT SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF 

THE MORNING OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA WITH 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UNDER ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.

 

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS AS THIS IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF

FLASH FLOOD DEATHS.  IF HIGH WATER IS ENCOUNTERED...YOU SHOULD 

EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY. 



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