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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1005 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



WARNING INFORMATION-- A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 

APPANOOSE...DAVIS...MONROE AND WAPELLO COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM.



RECENT REPORTS-- THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS IN MONROE AND APPANOOSE 

COUNTIES REPORTED NO FLOODING AS OF YET...AND WAPELLO COUNTY 

INDICATED ROADS WERE NOW ALL CLEAR.  PREVIOUS REPORTS FROM DAVIS 

COUNTY INDICATED SEVERAL ROADS WERE WASHED OUT.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 3 TO 

4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG THE MONROE AND APPANOOSE COUNTY 

LINE SINCE 700 AM.  RAINFALL FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES AND POSSIBLY HIGHER 

AMOUNTS ALSO OCCURRED BEFORE THAT TIME IN DAVIS AND WAPELLO COUNTIES.



FORECAST RAINFALL-- SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE 

OVER PORTIONS OF MONROE AND APPANOOSE COUNTIES...WITH A LARGER LINE 

OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM FROM NEAR OSCEOLA...TO 

KNOXVILLE...TO NEWTON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  RAINFALL RATES 

WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS MORNING UP TO AN INCH OR 

TWO PER HOUR.  ADDITIONAL RAINS MAY PUSH TOTALS TO OVER 6 INCHES IN 

MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA BY NOONTIME.



PRECAUTIONS-- EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.  

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

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