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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

920 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2002



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



AT 915 AM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING 

RAINS EXTENDING FROM DUMONT AND BRISTOW...THROUGH ALLISON...TO JUST 

SOUTHWEST OF SHELL ROCK. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 

25 TO 30 MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND AN INCH IS POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 10 AM OVER CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY. 



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY AND THESE 

STORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO BUTLER COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 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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