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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

927 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001



WATCH INFORMATION-- THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 

AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE COUNTIES OF 

ADAMS...APPANOOSE...CLARKE...DAVIS...DECATUR...LUCAS...MONROE...

RINGGOLD...TAYLOR...UNION...WAPELLO AND WAYNE HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



SOME CITIES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE CENTERVILLE...

CHARITON...CRESTON...LAMONI AND OTTUMWA.



FORECAST RAINFALL-- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 TENTHS OF 

AN INCH EAST OF CHARITON AND CORYDON INCLUDING OTTUMWA AND 

BLOOMFIELD...WITH ISOLATED RAINFALL WEST OF CHARITON AND CORYDON.



RECENT REPORTS-- RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES AND WEATHER OBSERVATIONS 

OF 4 TO 8 TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN WERE COMMON IN THE WATCH 

AREA...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS RINGGOLD AND 

UNION COUNTIES.  NO FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED.



METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS-- THE UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE 

FOR THIS EVENINGS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY OVER SOUTH 

CENTRAL IOWA AND MOVING STEADILY NORTHEAST.  RAINFALL WAS 

DIMINISHING OR ENDING IN SOUTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHWEST 

MISSOURI...WITH ONLY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED REDEVELOPMENT OF RAINFALL 

EXPECTED.  HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER 

ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.



PRECAUTIONS-- NONE.

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