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000 

WGUS73 KIND 272007

FFSIND



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

404 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008



INC071-272215-

/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-080527T2215Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

JACKSON-

404 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR

NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY...



AT 350 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF A HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA.  FLASH 

FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON STATE ROAD 58 NEAR KURTZ AND THE SOUTH FORK 

OF SALK CREEK.



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.



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 3904 8609 3904 8586 3905 8581 3898 8581

      3894 8605 3890 8629 3899 8629

TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 180DEG 0KT 3898 8599



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BROOKS

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000 

WGUS73 KIND 272007

FFSIND



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

404 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008



INC071-272215-

/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-080527T2215Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

JACKSON-

404 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR

NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY...



AT 350 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF A HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA.  FLASH 

FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON STATE ROAD 58 NEAR KURTZ AND THE SOUTH FORK 

OF SALK CREEK.



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.



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 3904 8609 3904 8586 3905 8581 3898 8581

      3894 8605 3890 8629 3899 8629

TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 180DEG 0KT 3898 8599



$$



BROOKS

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