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WGUS73 KIND 081134

FFSIND



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

632 AM EST TUE JAN 8 2008



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CARROLL-

632 AM EST TUE JAN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM EST FOR

NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY...



AT 630 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL TOTALS APPROACHING 

4 INCHES IN NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY.



AT 630 AM EST...NIPSCO REPORTED THAT THE DISCHARGE FROM OAKDALE DAM 

INTO THE TIPPECANOE RIVER WAS IN EXCESS OF 21,000 CFS. THIS RECORD 

BREAKING LEVEL WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM DISCHARGE.



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...DON/T DROWN.



LAT...LON 4075 8652 4070 8652 4070 8638 4065 8638

      4062 8677 4074 8676

TIME...MOT...LOC 1132Z 180DEG 0KT 4072 8670



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