Courtesy: #KnoxCountyEmergencyManagement THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... * UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT * AT 854 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF KNOX COUNTY SINCE 730 PM. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS LATER THIS EVENING. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... VINCENNES. SEVERAL ROADWAYS ARE FLOODED IN VINCENNES...AND WATER IS RUNNING ACROSS STATE ROUTE 61 SIX MILES SOUTH OF MONROE CITY. 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. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 3854 8767 3864 8763 3868 8758 3869 8753 3875 8750 3870 8728 3867 8726 3868 8725 3854 8724 3850 8730 3854 8735 3851 8738 3854 8740 3853 8746 3849 8749 3849 8754 $$ RYAN Automated Weather Message Knox County Emergency Management
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 01:04:58 +0000
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