Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

May 30, 2004, 9:21 PM EST (02:21 UTC)

Expired

May 31, 2004, 2:15 AM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hendricks County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN

000 
WGUS53 KIND 310223
FFWIND
INC063-081-097-109-119-133-310815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
921 PM EST SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 315 AM EST

* AT 914 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  TWO AND A HALF TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE LATE 
  AFTERNOON.  ALMOST THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN REPORTED
  AT THE INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT DURING THAT SAME TIME.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WYNNEDALE...WHITELAND...WARREN PARK...SPRING HILL...SPENCER...
  SPEEDWAY...SOUTHPORT...PLAINFIELD...PARAGON...NORTH CROWS NEST...
  NEW WHITELAND...MOORESVILLE...LAKE HART...HOMECROFT...GREENWOOD...
  DANVILLE...CROWS NEST...ROCKY RIPPLE...COATESVILLE...CLOVERDALE...
  CLERMONT...CLAYTON...CASTLETON...BROOKLYN...BETHANY...BEECH
  GROVE...BARGERSVILLE AND AMO.

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.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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.

LAT...LON 3955 8687 3916 8706 3923 8680 3934 8672
          3954 8602 3991 8601 3979 8657

$$

JEH

000 
WGUS73 KIND 310459
FFSIND
INC063-081-097-109-119-133-310815-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1159 PM EST SUN MAY 30 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR OWEN...PUTMAN...
   MORGAN...HENDRICKS...MARION AND JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL
   315 AM EST.

RAIN AMOUNTS FROM TWO AND A HALF INCHES TO JUST OVER 4
INCHES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THIS MORNING.  AT THE
INDIANAPOLIS OVER 3.8 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

AT 1100 PM EST LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED OVER 2 FEET OF WATER
ON SOME ROADWAYS IN DECATUR TOWNSHIP.  THERE WAS ALSO
EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN FRANKLIN IN SOUTHERN
JOHNSON COUNTY.

FORTUNATELY MOST OF THE RAINS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS CENTRAL
INDIANA.  ONLY LIGHT RAIN AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR FOR THE REST OF
THE NIGHT.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR AREAS OF HIGH WATER ON SOME
ROADWAYS.  BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING IN DARK
UN-LIGHTED AREAS AS IT IS HARD TO SEE AREAS OF DEEP WATER ON
ROADS.

REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
$$

JEH

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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