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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

213 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008



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LAGRANGE IN-STEUBEN IN-

213 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008



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

STEUBEN AND LAGRANGE COUNTIES...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RAY...LAKE

GAUGE...YORK...NEVADA MILLS...LAKE JAMES...FLINT...CROOKED LAKE...

SCOTT...ONTARIO...MONGO...HOWE...BRIGHTON...SHIPSHEWANA...ORLAND...

FREMONT AND CLEAR LAKE.



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER LAGRANGE AND STEUBEN COUNTIES. 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ALONG A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO LAKE 

JAMES...AS 2.26 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN ONE HOUR 1 MILE EAST OF 

LAGRANGE. 



RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...AREAS 

OF FLOODING WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL CREEKS 

STREAMS...AND COUNTRY ROADS.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 800 PM EDT

TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.



LAT...LON 4175 8565 4176 8480 4154 8480 4155 8565



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