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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

618 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A LEVEE FAILURE IN...

  NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...



* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT



* AT 618 PM EDT...A LEVEE ON THE WHITE RIVER WAS EXPECTED TO BE      

  OVERTOPPED CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ELNORA AND PLAINVILLE



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. ACCORDING TO THE ELNORA 

TOWN COUNCIL...RESIDENTS OF THE WARNED AREA ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED 

TO EVACUATE BY 8:30 PM EDT TONIGHT.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH 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.



LAT...LON 3876 8726 3885 8717 3884 8716 3886 8714

      3887 8714 3887 8713 3889 8713 3890 8712

      3890 8710 3890 8701 3876 8700



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