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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

747 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 945 AM...



AT 747 AM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING 

RAINS OVER PARKERSBURG AND ALL OF SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 

20 MILES WEST OF WATERLOO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY 

WHICH ARE MOVING INTO THE WARNING AREA.



THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING 

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

1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS.



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 4281 9302 4256 9303 4256 9256 4280 9256



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