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WGUS73 KIND 071421

FFSIND



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

1015 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008



INC005-031-059-081-139-145-071600-

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BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-HANCOCK-JOHNSON-RUSH-SHELBY-

1015 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR

BARTHOLOMEW...DECATUR...SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON...SHELBY...RUSH AND

SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES...



AT 1011 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED ACROSS THE THE 

AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THROUGH NOON TIME...WITH ADDITIONAL 

AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES POSSIBLE...IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER 

AREAS BOUNDED BY A COLUMBUS...GREENSBURG...SHELBYVILLE...RUSHVILLE 

LINE. WIDESPREAD AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS OCCURRING.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3929 8533 3913 8570 3913 8580 3908 8581

      3906 8586 3905 8609 3915 8610 3933 8610

      3935 8598 3970 8596 3977 8531

TIME...MOT...LOC 1415Z 180DEG 0KT 3950 8567



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