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WGUS73 KIND 060249

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INC063-133-060415-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

949 PM EST SAT JUL 5 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HENDRICKS AND PUTNAM COUNTIES

UNTIL 1115 PM EST...



DOPPLER RADAR WAS CONTINUING TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST FROM

EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ACROSS HENDRICKS AND PUTNAM COUNTIES OF

CENTRAL INDIANA. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

ALREADY FALLEN THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF HENDRICKS

COUNTY AND NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF PUTNAM COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT

OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGH WATER ACROSS STATE ROAD 40 AND 39 NEAR

CLAYTON AND HIGH WATER ACROSS MANY COUNTY ROADS IN PUTNAM COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY EXCEED AN INCH TONIGHT.



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. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL DRIVING AT

NIGHT AS THE DEPTH OF THE WATER IS VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE.



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