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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

232 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM CDT THURSDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

     CRAWFORD



AT 229 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...SPREADING OVER THE WESTERN 

HALF OF CRAWFORD COUNTY. RAINFALL OF 1 TO NEARLY 2 INCHES PER HOUR 

CAN BE EXPECTED OVER VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 3 

HOURS. 



RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAD MOVED INTO WESTERN CRAWFORD 

COUNTY. LATE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES HAD ALREADY FALLEN OVER A LARGE SWATH OF CRAWFORD COUNTY FROM 

JUST WEST OF DOW CITY NORTHEAST THROUGH DENISON...DELOIT AND VAIL. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 4221 9568 4187 9569 4186 9510 4221 9512



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