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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

840 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 1145

AM...



AT 838 AM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD 

PRODUCING RAINS FROM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GENEVA TO POPEJOY...OR 

FROM 37 MILES SOUTH OF MASON CITY TO 38 MILES SOUTH OF MASON 

CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  IN RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH 930 AM.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AS MUCH AS THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY DURING THE PAST SIX 

HOURS. RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS DECREASED SINCE 8 AM...HOWEVER 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FURTHER WEST NEAR 

CLARION. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS 

OF THE COUNTY. 



FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY. FLOODING IS 

ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG BEAVER CREEK. MOTORISTS SHOULD BEWARE OF PONDING 

OF WATER ON ROADS.



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 4276 9304 4278 9350 4257 9349 4257 9303



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