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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1143 AM CDT WED JUL 12 2006



INC163-121730-

VANDERBURGH IN-

1143 AM CDT WED JUL 12 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR

VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...



AT 1140 AM...FLOODING OF NUMEROUS INTERSECTIONS AND VIADUCTS 

CONTINUES WITHIN VANDERBURGH COUNTY. IN ADDITION...FLOODING IS 

OCCURRING IN SOME RESIDENTIAL AREAS...WHERE MORE THAN 1 FOOT OF 

WATER IS STANDING IN SOME RESIDENTIAL AREAS.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A GENERAL DECREASE 

IN THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE COUNTY. THAT 

SAID...UP TO ANOTHER QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE 

UNTIL THE RAIN COMES TO AN END EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COULD 

AGGRAVATE ALREADY FLOODED AREAS OR DELAY THE RECESSION OF WATER IN 

THESE AREAS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

EVANSVILLE...KASSON...MELODY HILL...AND DARMSTADT.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3817 8748 3795 8746 3793 8750 3796 8762

      3787 8761 3784 8766 3790 8771 3817 8769



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