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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1047 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001



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

1045 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE COUNTIES OF CERRO GORDO...EMMET...

HANCOCK...KOSSUTH...PALO ALTO...WINNEBAGO AND WORTH HAS BEEN

CANCELLED.



SOME CITIES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALGONA...ESTHERVILLE

AND MASON CITY.



FORECAST RAINFALL-- SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE 

AREA...HOWEVER HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED. 



RECENT REPORTS-- SCATTERED RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS EVENING HAVE BEEN 

UNDER ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.



METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS-- DRY AIR HAS MOVED IN ALOFT FROM THE 

SOUTHWEST.  THIS HAS DIMINISHED THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL.  

THOUGH WE WILL STILL SEE SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...HEAVY RAIN AND 

FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.



PRECAUTIONS-- NONE.

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