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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1220 PM CST THU MAR 15 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM...



AT 1220 PM...ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT...FLOODING CONTINUES 

ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. 15 TO 20 COUNTY GRAVEL ROADS ARE 

WATER COVERED AND A THREE MILE STRETCH OF OLD HIGHWAY 34 SIX MILES 

EAST OF ALBIA IS ALSO WATER COVERED. 



RADAR AND RAIN GAGE ESTIMATES THAT A WIDESPREAD 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE COUNTY...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 2 

INCHES. RAINS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING WHEN A CHANGE OVER TO 

SNOW IS EXPECTED. ANOTHER 0NE-HALF TO ONE INCH OF PRECIPITATION IS 

POSSIBLE. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



LAT...LON 4110 9307 4092 9306 4098 9268 4113 9266



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