BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1125 AM EDT THU SEP 19 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN ELKHART COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHEASTERN LA PORTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA SOUTHERN BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN * UNTIL 115 PM EDT/1215 PM CDT/ * AT 1120 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH BEND AND EXTENDING WEST INTO NORTHEAST LAPORTE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL OF AROUND 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR WAS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRUMSTOWN...CHAIN-O-LAKES...BERTRAND...ROSELAND...GULIVOIRE PARK... INDIAN VILLAGE...GEORGETOWN...WOODLAND...MISHAWAKA...GRANGER... OSCEOLA...JIMTOWN...WAKARUSA...SIMONTON LAKE...ELKHART... SOUTHWEST...FORAKER... SOUTH BEND AND DUNLAP PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:28:36 +0000
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