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WGUS73 KIND 270239

FFSIND

INC045-157-270330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

939 PM EST FRI SEP 26 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR TIPPECANOE AND NORTHERN

FOUNTAIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM EST...



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE

FALLEN IN FOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTIES BETWEEN 500 PM

EST AND 830 PM EST. SINCE THEN RAINFALL HAS STARTED TO DIMINISH

ACROSS THOSE COUNTIES.



SO FAR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN FOUNTAIN COUNTY.

HOWEVER THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING IN PART

OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY.



PERSONS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING IN FLOOD WATERS.  BE ESPECIALLY

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT AS IT IS HARD TO SEE HOW HIGH WATER LEVELS ARE.



REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE STATE POLICE FOR RELAY TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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