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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

940 PM EST TUE JUN 25 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TIPPECANOE COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL

1000 PM EST...



AT 935 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS

MOVED OFF TO THE EAST OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY...HOWEVER SCATTERED

SHOWERS REMAINED OVER THE AREA.



RADAR ESTIMATED ABOUT THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AN AREA

BETWEEN WEST POINT AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF LAFAYETTE. LAW ENFORCEMENT

OFFICIALS ADVISED THAT PARTS OF STATE ROUTE 25 NEAR WEST POINT IS

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE WITH

THE REMAINING SHOWERS.



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.

$$

JAS

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