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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

733 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2008



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BENTON IN-

833 PM EDT SUN SEP 21 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR

CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY...



AT 825 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE 

WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATES THAT LOCALIZED RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES WERE RECEIVED JUST EAST OF FOWLER 

NEAR BARCE EARLIER THIS EVENING. RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL 

WILL PRODUCE A CONTINUED THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EARLY THIS EVENING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BARCE AND

FOWLER.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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. 



LAT...LON 4067 8736 4066 8719 4056 8719 4057 8736



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