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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1154 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT THURSDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

     KOSSUTH



IN NORTHWEST IOWA

     PALO ALTO



AT 1147 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 30 

MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS EXTENDING FROM 

LEDYARD...SOUTHWEST THROUGH BANCROFT...FENTON...CYLINDER... 

RODMAN...AND CURLEW.  THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE SO FAR BEEN LOCATED 

JUST EAST OF EMMETSBURG AND WEST OF ALGONA.



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNT FROM 

CYLINDER...TO FENTON...TO BETWEEN BANCROFT AND SWEA CITY.



LOOK FOR THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH 2 OR 3 AM. THIS LINE WILL SLOWLY SLIDE TO THE 

EAST AROUND 20 MPH AS CELLS MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST OVER THE SAME 

AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT 

HOURS AS WELL.  MONITOR YOUR WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY IN CASE  

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE TO BE ISSUED.



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

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



IF YOU SEE FLOODING...REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 

ASK THEM TO PASS THE INFORMATION ON TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4350 9399 4292 9399 4292 9492 4324 9492

          4327 9446 4349 9445



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