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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

942 AM EST SAT JUL 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CASS COUNTY IN INDIANA

  MIAMI COUNTY IN INDIANA



* UNTIL 1245 PM EST



* AT 942 AM EST...LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM BOTH CASS AND MIAMI COUNTIES 

REPORTED CONTINUED FLOODING COUNTYWIDE...WITH SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES 

DUE TO FLOWING WATER AND SMALL CREEKS GOING OVER THEIR BANKS. 

EVACUATIONS WERE IN PROGRESS IN WALTON IN CASS COUNTY...AS WELL AS 

OTHER LOCATIONS ALONG PIPE CREEK FROM CASS COUNTY INTO MIAMI COUNTY.



EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...FLOOD WATERS 

WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF MIAMI AND CASS COUNTIES INTO EARLY 

AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO DEVELOP AT ANY TIME 

TODAY...ADDING TO THE FLOOD THREAT.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW WHERE YOU

ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

NORTHERN INDIANA.



LAT...LON 4099 8598 4059 8595 4061 8632 4073 8636

          4076 8651 4091 8654 4090 8618 4099 8614

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