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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

1224 AM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR



  ALLEN COUNTY IN OHIO



UNTIL 130 AM EDT...



AT 1224 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS MOVING OUT OF ALLEN COUNTY. RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 10 PM 

EDT...MAINLY FROM LIMA SOUTHWEST TO BETWEEN SPENCERVILLE AND FORT 

SHAWNEE. AT 11 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS COUNTY 

ROADS WERE FLOODED...WITH SOME ROADS HAVING UP TO A FOOT OF FLOWING 

WATER OVER THEM. SOME ROAD CLOSURES WERE IN PROGRESS.



EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS EXITED THE COUNTY...FLOODING 

PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

RATES SHOULD REMAIN UNDER A HALF INCH THROUGH 130 AM EDT ACROSS THE 

WARNING AREA.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING PROBLEMS 

THROUGH 130 AM EDT ARE...

  LIMA...

  ELIDA...

  CAIRO...

  BEAVERDAM...

  HUME.



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



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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