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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

818 PM EST TUE JUL 8 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR



  JAY COUNTY IN INDIANA



UNTIL 915 PM EST...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER JAY COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP 

TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 5 PM AND 815 PM. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH IS LIKELY BETWEEN 815 PM AND 915 PM. THIS 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE CURRENT FLASH FLOOD 

SITUATION. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MANY COUNTY ROADS WERE WASHED OUT. NUMEROUS 

HOUSES ARE FLOODED. PORTLAND...DUNKIRK AND REDKEY HAVE EXPERIENCED 

WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING.  



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN

INDIANA.

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