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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

110 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT SATURDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHWEST IOWA

     EMMET...POCAHONTAS AND PALO ALTO



IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

     WINNEBAGO...HUMBOLDT...CERRO GORDO...KOSSUTH...WORTH AND HANCOCK



AT 109 AM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING OF STREETS IN 

EMMETSBURG WITH OVER 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL RECORDED.  



THE THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOCAL FLOODING CONTINUE TO 

MOVE NORTHEAST RATHER RAPIDLY.  RAIN WILL BE OUT OF THE AREA 

COMPLETELY WITNIN THE NEXT HOUR.  URBAN FLOODING WILL THEN BEGIN TO 

IMPROVE...WITH FLOODING IN DITCHES BEING A LITTLE SLOWER.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

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