Flash Flood Warning

FFWIND

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Hancock County in central Indiana... Northeastern Hendricks County in central Indiana... Northern Marion County in central Indiana...

* Until midnight EDT tonight.

* At 555 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 3 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Indianapolis, Lawrence, Brownsburg, Greenfield, Speedway, Cumberland, McCordsville, Fortville, Pittsboro, New Palestine, Meridian Hills, Warren Park, Clermont, Rocky Ripple, Lizton, Wilkinson, Williams Creek, Wynnedale, Spring Lake and Spring Hill.

This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 between mile markers 83 and 112. Interstate 69 between mile markers 200 and 202. Interstate 65 between mile markers 111 and 127. Interstate 74 between mile markers 59 and 73...and between mile markers 94 and 96.

Flash flooding develops rapidly in urbanized areas. Do not drive into flood waters.