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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

924 PM EST SAT JUL 16 2005



INC097-170545-

MARION-

924 PM EST SAT JUL 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM EST FOR NORTHERN

MARION COUNTY...



AT 920 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGH WATER 

AT LAFAYETTE SQUARE MALL WHERE APPROXIMATELY 20 CARS WERE STALLED IN 

HIGH WATER. OTHER VEHICLES WERE REPORTEDLY STALLED IN HIGH WATER 

ACROSS THE CITY.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA 

BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. 

THIS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CITY ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS OUT 

ACROSS THE CITY ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING TONIGHT. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILLIAMS

CREEK...SPRING HILL...WYNNEDALE...ROCKY RIPPLE...NORTH CROWS NEST...

MERIDIAN HILLS...LAWRENCE...CROWS NEST AND CASTLETON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3982 8631 3975 8617 3972 8597 3993 8595

      3992 8624



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