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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1217 AM CDT MON APR 9 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN POLK AND SOUTHERN 

STORY COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM...



AT 1217 AM...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 BEGINNING TO DIMINISH IN 

INTENSITY BUT RUNOFF MAY STILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE 

INDIAN AND FOURMILE 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 4180 9366 4180 9337 4197 9331 4199 9359



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