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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

1201 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008



INC013-021-055-081-105-109-119-133-153-167-072000-

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BROWN-CLAY-GREENE-JOHNSON-MONROE-MORGAN-OWEN-PUTNAM-SULLIVAN-VIGO-

1201 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT/300 PM

CDT/ FOR GREENE...SULLIVAN...MONROE...BROWN...OWEN...CLAY...VIGO...

MORGAN...JOHNSON AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...



AT 1159 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS 

GENERALLY EAST OF A MARTINSVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON LINE. THE RAIN HAS 

COME TO END IN AREAS WEST OF THAT LINE. MOST OF THE SHOWER AND 

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO END AROUND 130 PM...HOWEVER 

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT 

LATER THIS AFTERNOON.



THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION...WITH WIDESPREAD AND SEVERE 

FLOODING OCCURRING. NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES ARE ALSO OCCURRING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



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.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3921 8757 3929 8762 3936 8754 3959 8754

      3957 8597 3936 8598 3934 8613 3906 8610

      3907 8631 3902 8636 3891 8751 3901 8755

      3914 8767

TIME...MOT...LOC 1601Z 180DEG 0KT 3921 8650



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