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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

1251 AM EST THU JUL 10 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JENNINGS COUNTY UNTIL 245 AM

EST...



AREAS ACROSS JENNINGS COUNTY CONTINUE TO RECEIVE RAINFALL...SOME

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

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN

IN PORTIONS OF JENNINGS COUNTY IN THE LAST THREE HOURS...WITH ONE

HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF THAT FALLING IN THE LAST HOUR.

IN ADDITION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...

ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. A FLOOD WATCH

IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY.



JENNINGS COUNTY AUTHORITIES REPORTED AT 1240 AM EST THAT SEVERAL

COUNTY ROADS ARE CLOSED AND IMPASSABLE. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL ROADS

IN THE CITY OF NORTH VERNON REMAIN COVERED WITH WATER...AND STATE

ROAD 71 NORTH OF THE CITY MAY BE CLOSED AT ANY TIME.



THIS IS A 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...AND THE ROAD SURFACE

UNDERNEATH MAY BE WASHED OUT. ALSO...IT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE

FLOOD WATERS AT NIGHT.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR

FURTHER UPDATES. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

INDIANAPOLIS.



REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JENNINGS COUNTY

UNTIL 245 AM EST.



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