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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

150 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GREEN...IOWA AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES WILL 

EXPIRE AT 200 PM CDT...



THE RAINS HAVE STOPPED...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING WILL 

NOT EXIST AFTER 200 PM. HOWEVER...MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT CROSS FLOODED 

ROADS...OR DRIVE ON A CLOSED ROADS THAT ARE UNDER WATER. 



WSR-88D DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER 

LAFAYETTE...SOUTHERN IOWA...AND WESTERN GREEN COUNTY BETWEEN SUNDAY 

AFTERNOON AND 1230 PM THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL TOTALS MAY BE IN THE 

6 TO 7 INCH RANGE IN EXTREME NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE AND EXTREME 

SOUTHWEST IOWA COUNTY...AS WELL AS OVER A SMALL AREA JUST NORTHEAST 

OF DARLINGTON.



AS OF 130 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT A BRIDGE ON 

ROLLER COASTER ROAD...ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DARLINGTON IN 

LAFAYETTE COUNTY...WAS BEING BLOCKED OFF DUE TO HIGH WATER LEVELS.  

EARLIER TUESDAY MORNING...WATER COVERED OLD HIGHWAY 11 JUST WEST OF 

SOUTH WAYNE IN LAFEYETTE COUNTY...AND FARM FIELDS AROUND BROWNTOWN 

IN SOUTHWEST GREEN COUNTY WERE FLOODED.



NO OTHER FLOODING PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF 

DEPARTMENTS. 



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. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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