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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

744 PM EST MON AUG 8 2005



INC039-090315-

ELKHART IN-

744 PM EST MON AUG 8 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM EST FOR EAST 

CENTRAL ELKHART COUNTY...



AT 744 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAVE 

SHIFTED NORTH TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF GOSHEN. AS OF 744 PM 

EST...THE GOSHEN AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER 

THE PAST 90 MINUTES. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS COUNTY ROAD 31 AND US 

33 AT FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ROAD IMPASSABLE. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW PARIS...

MILLERSBURG AND GOSHEN.



EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS PARTS OF THE 

WARNING AREA...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL 

WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED 

ROADWAYS.



IF YOU OBSERVE FLOODING...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4144 8583 4145 8567 4169 8572 4164 8589



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