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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

756 AM EST MON JUL 21 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR



  ALLEN COUNTY IN INDIANA



UNTIL 830 AM EST...



AT 755 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAIN WAS ENDING 

OVER ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA. RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT 

HAS ALLOWED STREAMS...DITCHES AND CULVERTS TO RAPIDLY FILL WITH 

WATER AND FLOOD. 6 TO 12 INCHES OF STANDING AND FLOWING WATER HAS 

BEEN REPORTED AT MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE. 

NUMEROUS CITY STREETS ARE CLOSED TO DUE TO HIGH WATER. SOME 

BUILDINGS IN FORT WAYNE ALSO HAVE FLOODING IN THE LOWEST LEVELS.   

2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN ALLEN COUNTY BETWEEN 100 AM AND 

700 AM EST.



THE STAGE OF SPY RUN CREEK WAS 10.91 FEET AT 630 AM...FLOOD STAGE IS 

8 FEET.  THE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 11.5 FEET BETWEEN 

800 AM AND 900 AM. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING IN FRANKE PARK... 

AND THE EASTBROOK AND WESTBROOK NEIGHBORHOODS. 



WITH THE RAIN ENDING...FLOOD WATERS SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE LATER 

THIS MORNING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. 



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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