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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

1004 AM EST SUN MAY 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VIGO AND CLAY COUNTIES

UNTIL 1100 AM...



VIGO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED ROADS WERE CLOSED IN

NORTH AND WEST VIGO COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING. SINCE 700 AM...

NEARLY FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AT THE TERRE HAUTE AIRPORT...

JUST EAST OF TERRE HAUTE.



RAIN HAD DIMINISHED...BUT THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST ILLINOIS COULD

BRING HEAVY RAIN INTO VIGO AND CLAY COUNTIES AROUND 1030 AM.



DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS IF

HIGH WATER SIGNS HAVE BEEN PUT UP...AND OBEY ROAD CLOSED SIGNS OR

BARRIERS. IF WATER RISES...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND BEFORE YOU ARE

TRAPPED. REPORT FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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