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INC045-107-121-133-157-165-171-100330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

900 PM EST WED JUL 9 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FOUNTAIN...MONTGOMERY...

PARKE...PUTNAM...TIPPECANOE...VERMILLION...AND WARREN COUNTIES

UNTIL 1030 PM EST...



AREAS ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES CONTINUE TO RECEIVE RAINFALL...SOME

OF WHICH CONTINUES TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA IN THE LAST 24 HOURS...WITH AN INCH OR MORE

FALLING IN SOME AREAS IN JUST THE LAST HOUR. IN ADDITION...SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY.



PUTNAM COUNTY AUTHORITIES REPORTED AT 845 PM EST THAT ALL LOW LYING

COUNTY ROADS ARE NOW UNDER WATER...AND FLOOD WATERS WERE

THREATENING SOME HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTY. MANY AREAS IN OTHER

WARNED COUNTIES ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS.



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION. KEEP CHILDREN AND

PETS AWAY FROM FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS

UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH FLOWING WATER. TWO

FEET OF FAST MOVING WATER CAN SWEEP YOUR VEHICLE AWAY. ALSO...IT IS

MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE FLOOD WATERS AT NIGHT.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. REPORT

FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.



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