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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

545 PM EST SAT JUL 16 2005



INC099-149-170130-

MARSHALL IN-STARKE IN-

545 PM EST SAT JUL 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR STARKE AND

MARSHALL COUNTIES...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KNOX... 

WINONA...BASS LAKE...ALDINE...BURR OAK AND CULVER.



AT 545 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

WEAKENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER STARKE AND MARSHALL 

COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONLY A QUARTER INCH IS EXPECTED. 

HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT JUST FELL WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL 

AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 

INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER EASTERN STARKE COUNTY SINCE 300 PM EST...AND 

UP TO 2 INCHES IN WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY.  



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



IF YOU OBSERVE HIGH WATER OR ANY TYPE OF FLOODING...YOU CAN CALL 

YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4116 8679 4118 8637 4148 8623 4147 8652

      4133 8669



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