

000 

WGUS53 KIND 020156

FFWIND

INC157-171-020330-

/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0026.090602T0156Z-090602T0330Z/

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

956 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE...

  NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT/1030 PM CDT/



* AT 951 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  RAINSVILLE...PURDUE UNIVERSITY...OTTERBEIN...WEST LAFAYETTE AND

  PINE VILLAGE



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND 177.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL OF UP TO FIVE INCHES HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 

UP TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN THE NEXT HOUR WILL FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

CENTRAL TIPPECANOE COUNTY...INCLUDING LAFAYETTE. RAINFALL WILL BEGIN 

TO TAPER OFF AFTER 1030 PM. IT WILL TAKE AN ADDITIONAL HOUR FOR HIGH 

WATERS TO SUBSIDE ACROSS TIPPECANOE AND WARREN COUNTIES.



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.



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.



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 4043 8673 4035 8673 4035 8709 4036 8709

      4035 8710 4038 8710 4036 8714 4035 8718

      4036 8743 4049 8753 4048 8710 4057 8710



$$



JOHNSON

