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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

950 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001



WATCH INFORMATION-- THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 

MONDAY MORNING FOR THE COUNTIES OF BLACK HAWK... 

BOONE...BREMER...BUTLER...CALHOUN...CARROLL...CERRO 

GORDO...CRAWFORD...EMMET...FRANKLIN...GREENE...GRUNDY...HAMILTON...HANCOCK

...HARDIN...HUMBOLDT...KOSSUTH...MARSHALL...PALO 

ALTO...POCAHONTAS...SAC...STORY...TAMA...WEBSTER...WINNEBAGO...WORTH 

AND WRIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



SOME CITIES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALGONA...AMES...

BOONE...CARROLL...DENISON...ESTHERVILLE...FORT DODGE...IOWA FALLS...

MARSHALLTOWN...MASON CITY...WATERLOO...WAVERLY AND WEBSTER CITY.



FORECAST RAINFALL-- THOUGH ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AS 

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT WIDESPREAD FLASHING FLOODING IS 

NOT EXPECTED.  GROUND CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE RAPID ABSORPTION OF 

THE RAINFALL.



PRECAUTIONS-- WITH ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL IT IS POSSIBLE YOU MAY 

ENCOUNTER WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH USE CAUTION AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS IT ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.



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