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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

620 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEDFORD...

  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON...

  EASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...



* UNTIL 815 PM EST



* AT 616 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

    FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHOALS...

  OOLITIC...ODON...MITCHELL...LOOGOOTEE...ELLETTSVILLE...CRANE...

  CANNELBURG AND ALFORDSVILLE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3890 8700 3899 8689 3917 8672 3917 8670

      3929 8667 3931 8641 3901 8640 3899 8629

      3870 8633 3869 8670 3854 8671 3852 8703

TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 180DEG 0KT 3840 8696



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