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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

325 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM   

   FOR WAYNE COUNTY...



AT 322 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE IOWA...MISSOURI BORDER FROM LINEVILLE 

TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF SEYMOUR.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 

30 TO 40 MPH AND WILL BE OUT OF THE STATE BY 3:40 PM.  OTHER...MORE 

SCATTERED AND LESS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS 

WAYNE COUNTY ON AND OFF THROUGH 4:00 OR 4:30 PM...HOWEVER RAINFALL 

RATES WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE ONLY AROUND A HALF INCH PER HOUR 

POTENTIAL.



RADAR ESTIMATES THROUGH 320 PM THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN THE LAST TWO HOURS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WAYNE 

COUNTY...FROM CORYDON TO THE MISSOURI BORDER.  



LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATES THAT STREETS WERE LEVEL FULL WITH WATER IN 

CORYDON...BUT THIS WATER SHOULD DRAIN QUICKLY SINCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAIN PRODUCING STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



INTERSECTIONS AND DITCHES ALONG WITH SMALL STREAMS WILL LIKELY 

REMAIN FULL OF WATER THROUGH 4:30 PM OR SO BEFORE RECEDING.



THUS THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE FOR 

WAYNE COUNTY THROUGH 4:30 PM.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 4090 9310 4060 9310 4059 9356 4089 9357



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