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WGUS73 KIND 182320

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INC045-121-165-190100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

617 PM EST TUE MAY 18 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR NORTHERN

PARKE...CENTRAL VERMILLION AND SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTIES...



AT 614 PM EST...THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING HAD MOVED 

EAST OF THE WARNED AREA AND WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 

WALLACE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING 

EAST AT 35 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

NEWPORT...DANA...MARSHALL...KINGMAN AND CAYUGA.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THE WARNED AREA HAS RECEIEVED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 

INCHES IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAIN WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4000 8753 3981 8755 3985 8711 4008 8713



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