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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

445 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WINNEBAGO AND NORTHEASTERN 

HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM...



AT 440 AM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 

BETWEEN LELAND...SCARVILLE... AND LAKE MILLS. OTHER LIGHT TO 

MODERATE SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING FURTHER SOUTH OVER AREAS JUST EAST 

OF FOREST CITY. THE PRECIPITATION AREA WAS HOLDING NEAR STEADY. 



THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER EASTERN WINNEBAGO 

COUNTY...ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN DIMINISHING DURING THE 

PAST HOUR. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST SIX HOURS JUST NORTH OF LELAND AND 

EAST OF THOMPSON. A LARGE AREA OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HALF OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY INTO NORTHEAST HANCOCK 

COUNTY AND NORTHWEST CERRO GORDO COUNTY. THE RAINFALL SHOULD SLOWLY 

BEGIN TO SHIFT TO THE EAST OF LAKE MILLS BY 6 AM.  



ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...RUNOFF WILL 

CONTINUE TO OCCUR FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT MAY BE OUT OF THEIR BANKS INCLUDE... 

BEAR CREEK...PIKE RUN...MIDDLE BRANCH OF THE BLUE EARTH RIVER...AND 

LITTLE BUFFALO CREEK. DRAINAGE AREAS AND DITCHES WILL LIKELY 

CONTINUE TO OVERFLOW.



IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WATER IS COVERING PARTS OF HIGHWAY 9 AND 69 

BETWEEN THOMPSON AND LELAND AND BETWEEN FOREST CITY AND THE WORTH 

COUNTY LINE. SECONDARY ROADS AND GRAVEL ROADS ARE LIKELY UNDER WATER.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION  FLASH FLOODS OCCUR 

QUICKLY...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF 

UNKNOWN DEPTH...THE ROAD SURFACE MAY BE WASHED OUT. LESS THAN ONE 

FOOT OF FAST FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP AN AUTOMOBILE OFF THE ROAD.



LAT...LON 4349 9398 4325 9397 4306 9374 4305 9350

          4350 9350



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