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000 

WGUS73 KIND 020037

FFSIND



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

837 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2009



INC157-171-020200-

/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090602T0200Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

TIPPECANOE-WARREN-

837 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT/900 PM

CDT/ FOR NORTHERN WARREN AND CENTRAL TIPPECANOE COUNTIES...



AT 835 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



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

PURDUE UNIVERSITY...WEST LAFAYETTE...PINE VILLAGE AND LAFAYETTE.



HEAVY RAINFALL THIS EVENING OF UP TO THREE INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. HOURLY AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. 



THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS CURRENTLY FALLING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN 

WARREN COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF PINE VILLAGE AND ALONG ALL OF STATE 

ROAD 26.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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...DON/T DROWN.



&&



LAT...LON 4048 8724 4046 8714 4043 8673 4035 8673

      4035 8710 4038 8710 4036 8714 4035 8718

      4036 8743 4048 8753



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