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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1041 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001



WATCH INFORMATION-- A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 

PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE COUNTIES OF 

ADAIR...ADAMS...AUDUBON...BOONE...CALHOUN...CARROLL...CASS...

CERRO GORDO...CLARKE...CRAWFORD...DALLAS...DECATUR...EMMET...

FRANKLIN...GREENE...GUTHRIE...HAMILTON...HANCOCK...HARDIN...

HUMBOLDT...KOSSUTH...MADISON...PALO ALTO...POCAHONTAS...POLK... 

RINGGOLD...SAC...STORY...TAYLOR...UNION...WARREN...WEBSTER...

WINNEBAGO...WORTH AND WRIGHT.



SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALGONA...AMES...ATLANTIC...

BOONE...CARROLL...CRESTON...DENISON...DES MOINES...ESTHERVILLE...FORT

DODGE...INDIANOLA...IOWA FALLS...LAMONI...MASON CITY...PERRY AND

WEBSTER CITY.



FORECAST RAINFALL-- RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH ISOLATED 

THREE TO FOUR INCH AMOUNTS.



RECENT REPORTS-- ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER WEST 

CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...WEST OF A LINE FROM AUDUBON TO 

MASON CITY SINCE THURSDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST 

FROM CORYDON TO WATERLOO WERE PRODUCING RAPID HALF TO ONE AND HALF 

INCH RAINFALLS.  



METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS-- A COLD FRONT ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER WILL 

MOVE ACROSS IOWA TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS TRAVELLING 

NORTH AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE INTENSE RAINS. 

LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH 

WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. ONCE THE FRONT MOVES 

EAST OF ANY LOCATION...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL HAVE ENDED.



PRECAUTIONS-- A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL 

STREAMS, CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE 

WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE 

WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND 

FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.



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MYERS

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