New event. "Flash Flood Warning" from 9/10/2016 3:44 PM to 6:45 PM EDT for (including) southeastern Ripley County:
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
344 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
OHIO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN DEARBORN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 343 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL WITH ANOTHER 1 INCH POSSIBLE FALLING OVER ESPECIALLY LAUGHERY CREEK...WHICH IS STILL RUNNING HIGH FROM THE THRUSDAY NIGHT HEAVY RAINFALL. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DILLSBORO...FRIENDSHIP...BEAR BRANCH...FARMERS RETREAT...
CROSS PLAINS AND OLEAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
Instructions:
Move to higher ground... Do not enter or cross flowing water or water of unknown depth.
Address/Location
Ripley County Emergency Management Agency
210 N Monroe St
Versailles, IN 47042
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 812-689-0505
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Warning