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WGUS73 KIWX 131208

FFSIWX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

808 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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LA PORTE IN-

708 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT/915 AM

EDT/ FOR LA PORTE COUNTY...



AT 745 AM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED US35 

AT STATE ROAD 212 SOUTHEAST OF MICHIGAN CITY WAS FLOODED AND CLOSED. 

US20 EAST OF MICHIGAN CITY HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO HIGH 

WATER. STREET FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE CITY OF LAPORTE.



MULTIPLE REPORTS OF GREATER THAN 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED 

IN THE LAPORTE AREA.



CONTINUED HEAVY RAINS WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 6 HOURS...FURTHER EXACERBATING PROBLEMS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4177 8684 4176 8654 4166 8653 4166 8649

      4158 8648 4153 8651 4152 8653 4144 8653

      4144 8665 4139 8671 4133 8674 4129 8679

      4125 8693 4172 8694



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