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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

1053 PM EDT FRI SEP 3 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR



  WESTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN OHIO

  SOUTHEASTERN VAN WERT COUNTY IN OHIO



UNTIL 330 AM EDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST VAN WERT AND WESTERN 

ALLEN COUNTIES IN OHIO LATE THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WERE SLOWLY 

MOVING NORTHEAST. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA. AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH OF 

RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS OVERNIGHT.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE 

REPORTED SEVERAL STATE AND COUNTY ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO 

HIGH STANDING WATER AND FLOWING 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW WHERE YOU

ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY





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