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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

430 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BERRIEN COUNTY...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR



  BERRIEN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN



UNTIL 600 AM EDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS IN WEST CENTRAL BERRIEN 

COUNTY FROM ST JOSEPH TO STEVENSVILLE. BERRIEN COUNTY OFFICIALS 

REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF STREETS IN SUB DIVISIONS IN 

STEVENSVILLE AND ST JOSEPH WITH WATER FLOWING INTO HOMES. ALSO WATER 

WAS REPORTED FLOWING OVER INTERSTATE 94. 



ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN LAKE 

MICHIGAN AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS BERRIEN COUNTY 

EARLY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGREVATE THE FLOODING 

THAT IS ALREADY OCCURING. 



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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