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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

428 AM EST WED JAN 12 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR



  ALLEN COUNTY IN INDIANA



UNTIL 730 AM EST...



..ANTICIPATED CREST OF SPY RUN CREEK LOWERED...



LESSER AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL IS NOW EXPECTED AS THE RAIN AND 

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BECOME MORE SCATTERED. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE HALF 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 430 AM THE STAGE ON SPY RUN CREEK WAS 6.7 FEET AND RISING. THE 

CREEK IS ANTICIPATED TO CREST BETWEEN 8 AND 9 FEET LATER THIS 

MORNING.  



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.



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



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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