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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

901 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR



  VAN WERT COUNTY IN OHIO



UNTIL 1115 PM EDT...



RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS VAN WERT COUNTY. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS EVENING HAS LED TO FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS 

OF VAN WERT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF VAN WERT. FLOODING WILL 

STILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. 



VAN WERT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A COUPLE OF ROADS CLOSED IN 

THE CITY OF VAN WERT...SOME WITH AS MUCH AS 3 FEET OF STANDING 

WATER. A TRUCK WAS ALSO REPORTED STRANDED IN HIGH WATER. FLOODED 

ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1115 PM EDT BEFORE FLOOD WATERS 

RECEDE. SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...DITCHES AND CULVERTS WILL ALSO BE 

FULL OF RUNNING WATER.   



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. TURN 

AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN 

INDIANA OR THE VAN WERT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.



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