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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

901 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2009



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GREENE-KNOX-SULLIVAN-

901 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN KNOX...WESTERN GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES...



AT 856 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED RAIN AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE 

FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF SULLIVAN AND NORTHERN KNOX COUNTIES.  A 

STORM SPOTTER REPORTED OVER A HALF INCH OF RAIN HAD OCCURRED IN 20 

MINUTES OVER NORTHWEST SULLIVAN COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

VICKSBURG...TURTLE CREEK 

RESERVOIR...PLEASANTVILLE...PAXTON...GRAYSVILLE...SULLIVAN...MEROM...

LINTON...DUGGER AND CARLISLE



THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 

1000 AM.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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 3916 8706 3881 8723 3881 8725 3878 8725

      3877 8727 3876 8725 3873 8727 3874 8750

      3892 8755 3893 8754 3896 8754 3898 8756

      3917 8761



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