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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

640 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KNOX COUNTY UNTIL 800

AM CDT...



AT 640 AM CDT...A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES FROM

KNOX COUNTY NORTHWARD INTO IOWA. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

JUST NORTH OF THE MISSOURI BORDER DURING THE NIGHT...BUT THE STORMS

HAVE CONTINUED TO DWINDLE IN INTENSITY AS THEY APPROACHED THE 

AREA.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW 5 TO 10 

INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN EXTREME SOUTHERN IOWA WITH SOME AREAS OF 

KNOX AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES RECEIVING 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN. 





NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN KNOX COUNTY OVERNIGHT BY LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...HOWEVER RAIN IS STILL FALLING AND RUNOFF WILL

BE HEAVY THIS MORNING. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM COULD STILL  CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING WILL BE CONTINUED UNTIL 800 AM THIS MORNING.



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