

000 

WGUS53 KIWX 120637

FFWIWX

INC003-121230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

129 AM EST WED JAN 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEN COUNTY IN INDIANA



* UNTIL 730 AM EST



* AT 125 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM A RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FORT WAYNE...WOODBURN...HUNTERTOWN 

AND GRABILL.



...NEAR RECORD FLOODING ALONG SPY RUN CREEK EXPECTED...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. SNOWMELT WILL COMBINE WITH THE RAINFALL TO PRODUCE 

EXTREME AMOUNTS OF RUNOFF. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOOD WATERS WILL BE MOVING DOWN SPY RUN CREEK LATER THIS MORNING. 

AT 130 AM THE STAGE ON SPY RUN CREEK WAS 5.80 FEET AND RISING 

RAPIDLY. THE CREEK IS ANTICIPATED TO CREST BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET 

LATER THIS MORNING. THIS WILL FLOOD EASTBROOK AND WESTBROOK 

NEIGHBORHOODS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4094 8480 4093 8534 4119 8534 4120 8531

      4127 8531 4127 8525 4128 8523 4128 8480



$$

