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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

325 AM CDT MON APR 9 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WAYNE COUNTY UNTIL 630 AM...



AT 325 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WAYNE COUNTY... 

ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN HALF...OR AROUND 43 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

OTTUMWA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.



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 AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR THROUGH 4:30 AM.



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 4088 9354 4059 9355 4062 9312 4090 9311



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