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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

932 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008



INC005-013-071-093-101-105-090415-

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BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-JACKSON-LAWRENCE-MARTIN-MONROE-

932 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EST FOR

MARTIN...LAWRENCE...JACKSON...MONROE...BROWN AND BARTHOLOMEW

COUNTIES...



AT 931 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING WHICH HAS CLOSED SEVERAL STATE AND COUNTY ROADS WITHIN THE 

WARNING AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

TAYLORSVILLE...SEYMOUR...OOLITIC...NASHVILLE...JONESVILLE...HOPE...

ELIZABETHTOWN...COLUMBUS...CLIFFORD...BLOOMINGTON AND BROWNSTOWN



HERE ARE SOME OF THE LATEST REPORTS...



IN JACKSON COUNTY....MULTIPLE ROADS ARE CLOSED INCLUDING SR 258 

BETWEEN COURTLAND AND FREETOWN DUE TO HIGH WATER. WATER REPORTED TO 

BE AS HIGH AS 2 FEET DEEP OVER THE ROADWAYS NOW CLOSED.



IN MARTIN COUNTY...U.S. HIGHWAY 50 EAST OF SHOALS WAS CLOSED DUE TO 

HIGH WATER.



IN BROWN COUNTY...STATE ROAD 135 WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER WITH 

WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD BETWEEN STONE HEAD AND STATE ROAD 46.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3880 8682 3892 8668 3921 8669 3931 8633

      3934 8571 3914 8570 3913 8580 3908 8585

      3878 8585 3877 8630 3870 8633 3869 8670

      3855 8673 3853 8692

TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 180DEG 0KT 3886 8645



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