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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

325 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008



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WHITE IN-

325 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR WHITE

COUNTY...



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

REYNOLDS...MONON...NORWAY...INDIANA BEACH...SITKA...BUFFALO...BELL

CENTER...ROUND GROVE AND HEADLEE.



A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FOUR AND ONE HALF INCHES OF 

RAINFALL IN ONE AND A HALF HOURS NEAR THE TOWN OF BUFFALO. DOPPLER 

RADAR HAS INDICATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN LESS THAN 

TWO HOURS FROM BUFFALO TO ROUND GROVE. RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO 

POSSIBLE FLOODING ON CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. ROAD 

CLOSURES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WHITE COUNTY. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



IF YOU HAVE FLOODING TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY

EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN. A SEVERE

THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY

EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.



LAT...LON 4085 8699 4091 8695 4091 8659 4081 8671

      4076 8678 4072 8682 4058 8690 4058 8710

      4075 8710

TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 235DEG 26KT 4073 8690



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