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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

334 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM CDT 

THURSDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN CRAWFORD COUNTY.



AT 325 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS OVER FAR EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...OR 

JUST EAST OF MANILLA...DENISON AND VAIL. LIGHTER RAIN CONTINUES OVER 

THE REST OF THE COUNTY. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVY RAINS 

WILL MOVE COMPLETELY OUT OF CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 4 AM...HOWEVER STEADY 

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 

4 HOURS.



THE CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN 

DENISON AS WELL AS A TWO FOOT RISE ON THE BOYER RIVER...ALTHOUGH THE 

RIVER REMAINED WITHIN ITS BANKS. 



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.

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BARLOW

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