Alert
FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1:30 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR DECATUR COUNTY.
FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. * WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA, SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL INDIANA, BARTHOLOMEW AND DECATUR. IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA, JACKSON. IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA, JENNINGS. * WHEN...UNTIL 130 PM EDT. * IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - AT 918 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. - ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. - SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SEYMOUR, NORTH VERNON, BROWNSTOWN, VERNON, CROTHERSVILLE, WESTPORT, MEDORA, ELIZABETHTOWN, JONESVILLE, HAYDEN, AZALIA, CORTLAND, COUNTRY SQUIRE LAKES, WAYMANSVILLE, GRAMMER, VALLONIA, FREETOWN, BUTLERVILLE, KURTZ AND PLEASANT VIEW. - HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
Instructions:
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
Address/Location
Decatur County Emergency Management
315 South Ireland Street
Greensburg, IN 47240
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 812-663-8125
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flood Warning