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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

731 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006



INC029-137-080015-

DEARBORN IN-RIPLEY IN-

731 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DEARBORN AND RIPLEY COUNTIES 

UNTIL 815 PM EDT...



AT 726 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP 

TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN 

RIPLEY AND DEARBORN COUNTIES THIS EVENING.



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER 

INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH 815 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...AURORA...

BRIGHT...GREENDALE...HIDDEN VALLEY...LAWRENCEBURG...DILLSBORO...MILAN

AND MOORES HILL.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY. DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH ON THE THE ROAD. IT ONLY

TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY

VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR

DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD

RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS...ESPECIALLY IF VISIBILITY IS RESTRICTED

DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY

AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT

DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH

YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



LAT...LON 3927 8482 3912 8484 3904 8492 3900 8501

      3896 8511 3894 8532 3893 8543 3910 8542

      3919 8542 3927 8527 3930 8515 3930 8490

      3929 8485



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