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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1029 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



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BENTON IN-

1129 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT/1115 PM

CDT/ FOR BENTON COUNTY...



AT 1127 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM EARL PARK 

INDIANA TO DEL RAY INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE RAIN FALL 

RATES OF ONE INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. THIS 

MAY KEEP THE FLOODING GOING IN MANY AREAS FROM FOWLER TO THE 

BENTON COUNTY AND NEWTON COUNTY BORDER. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOCHIEL...

FREELAND PARK...BARCE...WADENA...RAUB AND FOWLER



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...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4075 8753 4073 8712 4049 8711 4049 8753

TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 180DEG 0KT 4059 8730



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