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FFSIND



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

342 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2009



INC027-055-083-153-200930-

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DAVIESS-GREENE-KNOX-SULLIVAN-

342 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM EDT FOR

NORTHERN DAVIESS...NORTHEASTERN KNOX...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND

SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTIES...



AT 330 AM...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 

WARNED AREA...HOWEVER LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED UP TO 

TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE THE STORMS BEGAN. 



ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL IS DIMINISHING...FLOODING CAN LINGER WELL 

AFTER THE RAIN HAS STOPPED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TURTLE CREEK 

RESERVOIR...PLEASANTVILLE...PAXTON...SWITZ CITY...MEROM...LYONS AND 

LINTON.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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LAT...LON 3903 8695 3881 8692 3878 8752 3894 8751

      3905 8760 3906 8759 3908 8761



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