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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

510 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MARSHALL COUNTY UNTIL 800 AM...



AT 5 AM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER FAR 

EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MARSHALL COUNTY. MOST RAINFALL HAS 

DIMINISHED OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. 



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE EAST OF MARSHALL COUNTY 

BY 530 AM. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 AM. 



ESTIMATES INDICATE TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER AREAS FROM 

HAVERHILL TO FERGUSON WITH THREE TO FIVE INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS 

BETWEEN MELBOURNE AND LISCOMB. 



THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE MUD CREEK...MINERVA 

CREEK...AND TIMBER CREEK. IN ADDITION...DITCHES AND DRAINAGE AREAS 

WILL LIKELY BE OVERFLOWING. PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS IS 

LIKELY. SOME SECONDARY ROADS AND GRAVEL ROADS ARE LIKELY UNDER WATER.



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 4188 9322 4187 9278 4220 9279 4219 9323



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