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IAZ033-034-045-250215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

735 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN SAC...NORTHERN 

CARROLL AND SOUTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM...



AT 730 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNING 

AREA...IN AUBURN. SIX TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER

A NARROW AREA EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEASTERN SAC COUNTY TO NORTH CENTRAL

CARROLL COUNTY NEAR HIGHWAY 71. 



HEAVY SHOWERS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING 

AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE 

1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WHICH WILL ADD TO SATURATED GROUND 

CONDITIONS. BE AWARE OF LOW LYING FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL 

LOCATIONS.



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.



LAT...LON 4229 9511 4207 9509 4208 9464 4232 9485



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