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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

646 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN DAVIS AND WAPELLO 

COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM...



SINCE 615 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM WAPELLO COUNTY REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OF STREETS ON THE EAST AND SOUTH SIDES OF OTTUMWA...WITH 

MANHOLE COVERS BLOWN OUT.  A SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER HAS REPORTED 

THAT CHEQUEST CREEK IN NORTHEAST DAVIS COUNTY OUT OF ITS BANKS.  

DAVIS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGMENT REPORTS NUMEROUS GRAVEL ROADS 

FLOODED OUT IN EASTERN DAVIS COUNTY.  KBIZ RADIO IN OTTUMWA REPORTS 

HEAVY FLOODING IN FLORIS AND TROY.



THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING 

AREA...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF WAPELLO AND 

DAVIS COUNTIES...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. 



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE 

FLOODED...SO IT WOULD BE WISE TO DELAY UNECESSARY TRAVEL.  DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 4060 9241 4061 9221 4114 9220 4114 9262



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