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WGUS73 KIND 022215

FFSIND



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

615 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2009



INC057-059-095-097-030045-

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HAMILTON-HANCOCK-MADISON-MARION-

615 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN MARION...NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK...SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON

AND SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES...



AT 613 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORTVILLE...OR

13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAPEL 

AND INGALLS.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING THREE INCHES PER HOUR WERE REPORTED 

WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED THROUGH NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 4010 8577 3982 8576 3981 8609 4003 8615



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