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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

905 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2001



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM 

TUESDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

     EASTERN MONROE



IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

     WAPELLO



AT 900 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS HAD BECOMING MUCH LESS WIDESPREAD AND HAD WEAKENED 

CONSIDERABLY SINCE 8 PM.  NONETHELESS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ALBIA...WEST TO RUSSELL IN SOUTHERN 

LUCAS COUNTY...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH.  THESE 

STORMS WILL PUSH OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF MONROE COUNTY...AND INTO 

WAPELLO COUNTY BY 9:0 OR 1000 PM...AND DROP A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH 

OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN ABOUT AN HOURS TIME.  THE ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT FLOODING 

PROBLEMS.



AT 900 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MONROE COUNTY INDICATES RURAL GRAVEL 

ROADS HAD STANDING WATER ON THEM OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE 

COUNTY.  LAW ENFORCEMENT IN WAPELLO COUNTY ALSO INDICATED 4 TO 5 

INCHES OF STANDING WATER ON HIGHWAY 63...TWO MILES NORTH OF THE 

WAPELLO...DAVIS COUNTY LINE.



WATER SHOULD GRADUALLY RECEDE FROM AREA ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS BY 

10 PM OR SO.  EVEN THOUGH THE WATER IS EXPECTED TO RECEDE SOON...YOU 

SHOULD STILL BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT IN AREAS 

THAT HAVE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL.  WATER COVERED ROADS ARE 

VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...AND YOU MAY NEVER KNOW HOW DEEP THE 

WATER IS.



LAT...LON 4090 9288 4089 9264 4089 9220 4116 9220

          4116 9289



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