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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

731 AM EST MON SEP 1 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR HENDRICKS...MARION AND PUTNAM

COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM EST...



AT 730 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR HAD SHOWED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAD

MOVED INTO EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY NEAR OAKLANDON.

SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH NORTHEAST ACROSS

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH MID MORNING...BUT THEY SHOULD NOT BE NEARLY

AS HEAVY AS THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS OVERNIGHT. ROADS

WERE REPORTED WATER COVERED AND CLOSED ACROSS PUTNAM AND HENDRICKS

COUNTIES. MOST AREAS HAVE RECEIVED AROUND 4 INCHES OVERNIGHT. PARTS

OF HENDRICKS COUNTY NEAR PITTSBORO RECEIVED AROUND 5 AND A HALF

INCHES.



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. IF IT IS TWO FEET DEEP...IT CAN

CARRY MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES WITH LARGER TIRES...SUCH AS

SUVS...ARE MORE BUOYANT AND AT GREATER RISK.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE THREATENED BY RISING FLOOD WATERS MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

INDIANAPOLIS.



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