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WGUS73 KIND 041004

FFSIND



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

604 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008



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MARION-

604 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT FOR

MARION COUNTY...



AT 559 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



RAIN OF MORE THAN TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR AND A 

HALF...AND AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT 

HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN URBAN 

AREAS...PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTH HALF OF INDIANAPOLIS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILLIAMS

CREEK...NORTH CROWS NEST...MERIDIAN HILLS...CROWS NEST AND CASTLETON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



LAT...LON 3993 8597 3993 8595 3988 8596 3972 8596

      3971 8633 3993 8633

TIME...MOT...LOC 1004Z 180DEG 0KT 3985 8622



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