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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

1000 PM EST SUN MAY 12 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DELAWARE...HAMILTON...MADISON AND

RANDOLPH COUNTIES ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE WARNED AREA AND IS

NOT EXPECTED TO RETURN THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL

APPROACH FROM THE WEST TONIGHT WHICH WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF

SHOWERS ACROSS OVERNIGHT...BUT THE ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE

HEAVY. COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT HIGH

WATER ACROSS MANY STREETS...BUT ALSO REPORT THE WATER IS STARTING

TO RECEED. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO

EXPIRE. HOWEVER...THERE WILL STILL BE SOME STANDING WATER COVERING

ROADS AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL

INDIANA OVERNIGHT. SO MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO HIGH WATER

ACROSS ROADWAYS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.



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.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES.

TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE

THROUGH RISING WATER.



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