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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

857 AM EST TUE JAN 8 2008



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WHITE IN-CARROLL IN-

857 AM EST TUE JAN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CONTINUES UNTIL 115 PM EST TUESDAY

AFTERNOON FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CARROLL AND CENTRAL WHITE

COUNTIES...



AT 857 AM EST...THE NORWAY DAM OPERATOR REPORTED THAT THE FLOW AT 

THE NORWAY DAM WAS 26983 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND. THIS IS A RECORD 

FLOW. THE DAM OPERATOR REPORTS THAT THE DAM IS NOT IN DANGER OF 

FAILING AND CAN HANDLE THE INCREASED FLOWS TODAY. HOWEVER... THE 

EXCESSIVE FLOWS WILL CAUSE FLOODING DOWNSTREAM INCLUDING THE 

FOLLOWING COMMUNITIES NORWAY... MONTICELLO... EAST 

MONTICELLO... UPPER SUNSET PARK...  GINGRICH ADDITION... RICHY 

PARK... SANDY BEACH... HORSE SHOE BEND... TIPPECANOE ESTATES... 

TECUMSEH BEND AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF CARROLL ... WHITE... AND 

TIPPECANOE COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT 

AROUND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE AREA SINCE LAST NIGHT... 

WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF 

RAINFALL IS LIKELY THROUGH LATE MORNING. 

 

PEOPLE IN LOW LYING AREAS BELOW THE DAM ARE URGED TO MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES

AVAILABLE.



LAT...LON 4080 8674 4065 8674 4067 8679 4079 8679



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