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WGUS73 KIND 060923

FFSIND

INC121-165-061115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

422 AM EST SUN JUL 6 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILLION AND PARKE COUNTIES

UNTIL 615 AM EST...



AT 420 AM THUNDERSTORMS HAD DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER MORE

THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS MORNING. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR

ESTIMATED THAT THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 100 AM

IN PARTS OF VERMILLION COUNTY WITH TWO TO THREE INCHES ESTIMATED IN

PARKE COUNTY. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING.



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

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

BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL DRIVING AT NIGHT AS THE DEPTH OF THE WATER IS

VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE.



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