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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

1045 PM EST THU AUG 22 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FOUNTAIN...MONTGOMERY

TIPPECANOE...NORTHERN VERMILLION AND WARREN COUNTIES CONTINUES 

UNTIL 100 AM EST...



AT 1045 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUING TO MOVE FROM EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO WEST CENTRAL 

INDIANA. RADAR WAS ESTIMATING AS MUCH AS FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER ONE TO 

THREE INCHES LIKELY THROUGH 1 AM EST. STATE POLICE REPORTED HIGH 

WATER ACROSS HIGHWAY 231 ACROSS SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE AND NORTHERN 

MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...WHILE LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGH WATER 

ACROSS STATE ROAD 28 NEAR STOCKWELL IN TIPPECANOE COUNTY.  



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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