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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

800 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EST



* AT 757 PM EST...AN ICE JAM THAT HAD FORMED BELOW THE RIVER GAGE 

AT WARREN HAS BROKEN.  THEREFORE...THE WATER THAT HAD BACKED UP FROM 

THIS JAM WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE RIVER FROM THE 

GAGE NEAR WARREN ALL THE WAY TO THE SALAMONIE RESERVOIR.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...LANCASTER



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4074 8556 4067 8544 4067 8535 4080 8550

      4079 8551



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