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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1046 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2007



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RIPLEY IN-

1046 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2007



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RIPLEY COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM

EDT...



AT 1045 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN 

SOUTHWEST RIPLEY COUNTY. NUMEROUS ROADS HAD HIGH WATER...WITH AT 

LEAST ONE VEHICLE STRANDED NEAR REXVILLE AND NEW MARION. 



WHILE RAIN HAS HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA....RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER 

EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO CONTINUE TO OCCUR.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEW 

MARION...OLEAN AND REXVILLE.



IN ADDITION...PLACES ALONG THE FOLLOWING STREAMS MAY BE 

AFFECTED...GRAHAM CREEK...LITTLE GRAHAM CREEK AND BIG CREEK. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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 3909 8544 3892 8545 3893 8515 3903 8511



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