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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

329 AM CDT MON APR 9 2001



WATCH INFORMATION-- THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL

400 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR THE COUNTIES OF ADAIR...ADAMS...

APPANOOSE...AUDUBON...BLACK HAWK...BOONE...CALHOUN...CARROLL...

CASS...CLARKE...DALLAS...DAVIS...DECATUR...GREENE...GRUNDY...

GUTHRIE...HAMILTON...HARDIN...JASPER...LUCAS...MADISON...MAHASKA...

MARION...MARSHALL...MONROE...POLK...POWESHIEK...RINGGOLD...STORY...

TAMA...TAYLOR...UNION...WAPELLO...WARREN...WAYNE AND WEBSTER WILL BE 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 AM.



SOME CITIES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE AMES...ATLANTIC...

BOONE...CARROLL...CENTERVILLE...CHARITON...CRESTON...DES MOINES...

FORT DODGE...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...IOWA FALLS...KNOXVILLE...

LAMONI...MARSHALLTOWN...NEWTON...OSKALOOSA...OTTUMWA...PELLA...

PERRY...WATERLOO AND WEBSTER CITY.



FORECAST RAINFALL-- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO AN INCH MAY FALL ALONG 

AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2...EAST OF INTERSTATE 35...HOWEVER FLOODING 

RAINS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED THIS MORNING.



PRECAUTIONS-- SOME LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY IN DECATUR...WAYNE...AND 

RINGGOLD COUNTIES...MAY CONTINUE SOME WATER OVER ROADS OR STREAMS 

RUNNING HIGH.  HOWEVER ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOT 

ANTICIPATED.  NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERED ROADWAYS OR ON WATER 

COVERED BRIDGES...AS YOU MAY NOT KNOW HOW DEEP THE WATER IS OR IF 

THE ROAD OR BRIDGE HAS BEEN WASHED OUT.



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