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INC045-107-157-165-171-230600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

903 PM EST THU AUG 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE

  TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE

  NORTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA



* UNTIL 100 AM EST



* AT 902 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN NEAR THE VERMILLION AND WARREN COUNTY LINE WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN

MOVING EAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. DOPPLER RADAR HAS 

ESTIMATED AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS 

PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA WITH TWO MORE INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE THIS 

EVENING. 



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. IF IT IS TWO FEET DEEP...IT CAN

CARRY MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES WITH LARGER TIRES...SUCH AS

SUVS...ARE MORE BUOYANT AND AT GREATER RISK.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO SEE FLOOD

WATERS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE THREATENED BY RISING FLOOD WATERS MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

INDIANAPOLIS.



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