Up to 2.5 inches of rain has already fallen this afternoon to the southwest of Indy.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 202 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 200 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 1230 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS NEW STORMS DEVELOP OVER THE LOWER WABASH VALLEY. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SPENCER...GOSPORT...AND CLOVERDALE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 59. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
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