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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

322 AM CDT MON APR 9 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DECATUR AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES

UNTIL 615 AM...



AT 311 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM 

DIAGONAL...TO DAVIS CITY...OR ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES 

TO 70 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE LEON...MOUNT AYR...BEACONSFIELD... 

BENTON...DAVIS CITY...DELPHOS...DIAGONAL...ELLSTON...LE ROY... 

MALOY...REDDING...TINGLEY...VAN WERT AND WELDON



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS 

DECATUR AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES.  HOWEVER...RAINFALL OF 2 TO 5 

INCHES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF RINGGOLD COUNTY...AND 

OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF DECATUR COUNTY...FELL EARLIER TONIGHT.  

ANOTHER INCH OR SO OF RAIN COULD FALL IN THE SCATTERED STORMS 

THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.



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

ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO 

SWOLLEN WATERWAYS.



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 4088 9448 4058 9448 4060 9356 4091 9357



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