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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

502 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



ADVISORY INFORMATION--THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA ALONG AND

SOUTHEAST OF A CORYDON TO GRINNELL LINE HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



FORECAST RAINFALL--NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATE

THAT RAIN HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST IOWA. SHOWERS

COULD REDEVELOP THIS EVENING...BUT RAINFALL WILL BE SPOTTY...SO

THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS--RECENT RAINS IN COMBINATION WITH MELTING

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND MINOR

RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.  LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ONLY

MINOR PONDING AT 5 PM.



PRECAUTIONS--BE PREPARED FOR STANDING WATER ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS...

AND SLOW DOWN ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

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