Travel Status has changed due to flash flooding. - Flood Warning 
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
154 AM EDT Sun Mar 29 2020
Travel Status has changed due to flash flooding.
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a
* Flood Warning for...
Madison County in central Indiana...
Delaware County in east central Indiana...
Boone County in central Indiana...
Hamilton County in central Indiana...
* Until 800 AM EDT Sunday.
* At 152 AM EDT, trained weather spotters reported flooding in
several locations across the warned area. While widespread rain
has ended...flooding of streams...low lying and poor drainage
areas will continue through daybreak.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Muncie, Anderson, Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Lebanon,
Zionsville, Elwood, Alexandria, Westfield, Yorktown, Cicero,
Pendleton, Whitestown, Sheridan, Chesterfield, Ingalls, Albany,
Lapel and Edgewood.
A flash flood warning (SAME code: FFW) is an alert issued issued by national weather forecasting agencies to warn the public that a flash flood is imminent or occurring in the warned area. A flash flood is a sudden, violent flood after a heavy rain, or occasionally after a dam break. Rainfall intensity and duration, topography, soil conditions, and ground cover contribute to flash flooding.
Each year, more deaths occur due to flooding than from any other thunderstorm related hazard. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that over half of all flood-related drownings occur when a vehicle is driven into hazardous flood water. The next highest percentage of flood-related deaths is due to walking into or near flood waters. People underestimate the force and power of water. Many of the deaths occur in cars swept downstream. Many of these drownings are preventable. Never drive around the barriers blocking a flooded road. The road may have colapsed under that water. A mere 6 inches of fast-moving flood water can knock over an adult. It takes just 12 inches of rushing water to carry away most cars and just 2 feet of rushing water can carry away SUVs and trucks. It is NEVER safe to drive or walk into flood waters
Address/Location
Delaware County IN Emergency Management Agency
210 South Jefferson Street
Muncie, IN 47305
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 765-747-7719
