Daviess County Flash Flood Warning in effect until 9:30PM EDT SAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 930 PM EDT AT 524 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA SINCE 3 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN DAVIESS AND NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTIES INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BURNS CITY CRANE AND ODON. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA SINCE 3 PM EDT. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES WHITE RIVER SOUTH FORK PRAIRIE CREEK ANTIOCH CREEK NORTH FORK PRAIRIE CREEK BOGGS CREEK FIRST CREEK SEED TICK CREEK WEST BOGGS CREEK DINKEN CREEK SMOTHERS CREEK DOANS CREEK AND PRAIRIE CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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. 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.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 21:28:48 +0000
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