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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

834 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2009



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MORGAN-OWEN-PUTNAM-

834 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM EDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN OWEN...WESTERN MORGAN AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...



AT 829 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING 

ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THAT 

WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY THE NEXT COUPLE 

OF HOURS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.



A FOOT OR MORE OF WATER WAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGMENT ACROSS 

MANY COUNTY ROADS ACROSS SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY EARLIER.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MONROVIA...

BELLE UNION AND GREENCASTLE



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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 3970 8701 3964 8670 3963 8669 3963 8664

      3961 8664 3961 8656 3957 8635 3933 8651

      3933 8655 3951 8702



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