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WGUS73 KIND 051029

FFSIND

INC015-023-035-067-095-135-159-051200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

529 AM EST SAT JUL 5 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CARROLL...CLINTON...DELAWARE...HOWARD...

MADISON...RANDOLPH...AND TIPTON COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM...



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AT 525 AM EST. SOME

STORMS MAY STILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR

ESTIMATES THAT OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT

ACROSS PARTS OF CARROLL...HOWARD...CLINTON...AND TIPTON COUNTIES.

ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNED AREA...RADAR ESTIMATES THAT

3-5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY.  IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.





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