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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

656 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2009



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HAMILTON-HANCOCK-MADISON-MARION-

656 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 653 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS REPORTED 

FLASH FLOODING IN THE FISHERS AREA.



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

AND INGALLS.



WHILE RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN THE WARNED AREA. REPORTS INDICATE THAT 

FLOOD WATERS ARE SLOW TO RECEDE...IN PART DUE TO BLOCKAGE OF STORM 

DRAINS BY TREE DEBRIS AND HAIL. MULTIPLE AREAS OF STREET FLOODING 

HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.



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.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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LAT...LON 4010 8577 3982 8576 3981 8609 4003 8615



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