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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1058 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



ADVISORY INFORMATION-- AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY 

REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL NOON.



RECENT REPORTS...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTERS REPORT OVER 3 

INCHES OF RAIN IN THE MELCHER-DALLAS AREA...BUT AS OF 1055 AM...THE 

MARION COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NO PROBLEMS ON ROADS ACROSS THE 

COUNTY.



FORECAST RAINFALL-- LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDER 

WILL END ACROSS MARION COUNTY BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM. ANOTHER ONE 

HALF INCH OF RAIN COULD FALL OVER AREAS WHERE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS 

MORNING. HEAVIEST RAINS LIKELY OCCURRED WEST OF KNOXVILLE.



PRECAUTIONS-- BE PREPARED FOR STANDING WATER ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. 

STAY AWAY FROM SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND DITCHES WHICH MAY FILL 

WITH WATER QUICKLY.

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JUNGBLUTH

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