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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

525 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007



INC017-082330-

CASS IN-

525 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW 

WAVERLY...LINCOLN...DEACON...WALTON...GALVESTON...LOGANSPORT AND 

DUNKIRK.



STATE ROUTE 218 IS IMPASSABLE AND CLOSED IN SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY DUE 

TO FLASH FLOODING. ALSO SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS WERE CLOSED IN THE 

SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING ALONG DEER CREEK...TONEY 

DITCH...AND ROCK CREEK ARE LIKELY. 



RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE 

WIDESPREAD 2.5 TO 4.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 3 PM TO 515 PM. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES BETWEEN 515 PM 

AND 7 PM ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 

MOVE THROUGH THE ALREADY SOAKED AND FLOODED AREA.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

NORTHERN INDIANA.



LAT...LON 4081 8647 4082 8617 4057 8616 4057 8637

      4058 8638 4071 8638 4071 8649

TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 180DEG 0KT 4073 8635



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