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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

340 PM CST THU MAR 15 2001



...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR WAPELLO COUNTY IS EXTENDED UNTIL 1015 PM...



NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES CONTINUE ACROSS WAPELLO COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON

AS A NUMBER OF CREEKS AND STREAMS HAVE FLOODED DUE TO THE HEAVY 

RAINS OF THE PAST 24 HOURS. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT 21 ROADS ACROSS 

THE COUNTY ARE NOW CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. CEDAR...BUCKEYE AND AVERY 

CREEKS HAVE BEEN CAUSING THE MOST REPORTED PROBLEMS IN THE COUNTY.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND RAIN GAGE ESTIMATES 

INDICATE THAT AROUND A HALF INCH HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF WAPELLO 

COUNTY DURING THE PAST SIX HOURS...WITH STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF OVER 

TWO INCHES IN MANY LOCATIONS. THE RAIN CONTINUES AT THIS TIME BUT A 

CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IS EXPECTED SOON. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION OF 

ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE...ALTHOUGH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND 

SNOW SHOULD REDUCE THE RATE OF RUNOFF. 



THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED BY RAINFALL IN THE WARNING AREA...AND

ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO 

SWOLLEN WATERWAYS. 



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 4113 9250 4095 9255 4096 9221 4113 9222



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