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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

1249 AM EDT THU JUL 19 2007



INC001-003-049-069-085-091-099-131-149-169-179-183-190915-

STARKE IN-FULTON IN-LA PORTE IN-MARSHALL IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-ALLEN IN-

WHITLEY IN-PULASKI IN-WABASH IN-HUNTINGTON IN-ADAMS IN-WELLS IN-

1249 AM EDT THU JUL 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM EDT(415 AM

CDT) FOR NORTHERN WABASH...KOSCIUSKO...MARSHALL AND NORTHERN FULTON

COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND NORTHEASTERN WELLS...NORTHERN

ADAMS...NORTHERN HUNTINGTON...WHITLEY AND SOUTHERN ALLEN COUNTIES IN

NORTHEAST INDIANA...AND NORTHERN PULASKI...SOUTHERN LA PORTE AND

STARKE COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...



AT 1248 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. WATER WAS REPORTED FLOWING OVER ROADS WITH SOME 

CLOSURES REPORTED IN MARSHALL AND KOSCIUSKO COUNTIES. LOCALLY 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON EXTREMELY DRY GROUND CAUSING ENHANCED 

THREAT FOR RAPID RUNOFF OF THE RAIN. 



THE THREAT FOR LIFE THREATENING FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG SPY RUN 

CREEK IN THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE. AT 1248 AM EDT...THE LEVEL OF SPY 

RUN CREEK WAS AROUND 8 FEET AND WAS CONTINUING TO RAPIDLY CLIMB 

POSSIBLY CRESTING AROUND 10 FEET OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINONA 

LAKE...WESTVILLE...WARSAW...FORT WAYNE...WANATAH...TRI-LAKES... 

PLYMOUTH...PIERCETON...NORTH JUDSON...MENTONE...LA CROSSE...KOONTZ 

LAKE...KNOX...KINGSFORD HEIGHTS...HAMLET...CULVER...COLUMBIA 

CITY...BOURBON AND ARGOS



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA WITH SOME AREAS SEEING LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.



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.



LAT...LON 4156 8694 4116 8693 4077 8482 4108 8480



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