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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

723 PM EST FRI SEP 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

  TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE



* UNTIL 1030 PM EST



* AT 720 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL

  AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE 600 PM

  EST IN NORTHERN FOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTIES.



LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED WATER WAS STARTTING TO FLOW 

OVER THE ROADWAYS IN SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTIES.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO SEE FLOOD

WATERS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY.



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.



LAT...LON 4018 8738 4008 8723 4023 8710 4023 8675

          4055 8684



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