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IAZ093-090540-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1141 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RINGGOLD COUNTY UNTIL 430

AM...



AT 1141 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNING AREA...



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

ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO

SWOLLEN WATERWAYS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL 

RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING 

ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH...THE ROAD MAYBE WASHED OUT.



LAT...LON 4086 9446 4062 9446 4063 9403 4087 9409



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