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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

126 PM CST THU MAR 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SMALL 

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CST THURSDAY AFTERNOON 

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

     DAVIS



AT 109 PM CST EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL REPORTED FLOODING ALONG 

SOAP CREEK NEAR FLORIS. SOME MINOR ROAD CLOSURES HAVE OCCURRED IN 

PARTS OF THE COUNTY...BUT MOST OF THE FLOODING IS CONFINED TO 

AGRICULTURAL AREAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS ADJACENT COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND.



RAINFALL IS ESTIMATED AT 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY SINCE LAST 

NIGHT AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OR MORE IS POSSIBLE BY THIS 

EVENING. THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER IN BLOOMFIELD REPORTED 1.9 

INCHES OF PRECIPITATION THROUGH 1 PM. A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW IS 

EXPECTED TONIGHT WHICH WILL REDUCE THE RATE OF RUNOFF...AND 

PRECIPITATION SHOULD END DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. 





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