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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

605 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2002



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

HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM...



AT 6 AM...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING 

OVER EASTERN WINNEBAGO AND NORTHEAST HANCOCK COUNTIES. MOST OF THIS 

PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURING EAST OF A LINE FROM FOREST CITY TO 

SCARVILLE. 



LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 7 AM. SIX AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED JUST 

NORTHWEST OF LELAND. FAIRLY WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCH AMOUNTS ARE 

ESTIMATED FROM NORTH CENTRAL TO SOUTHEAST WINNEBAGO COUNTY AND 

EXTREME NORTHEAST HANCOCK COUNTY. 



NUMEROUS FIELDS HAVE BEEN FLOODED WITH ROADS STILL UNDER WATER. IN 

ADDITION...BASEMENT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR LELAND. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST 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 

OR WASHED OUT.



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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