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IAZ017-025-026-110830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1040 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CERRO GORDO...EASTERN WRIGHT 

AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM...



AT 1040 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS ACROSS SOUTHWEST 

CERRO GORDO INTO EASTERN WRIGHT AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES.  THE 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH.



THE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WARNING AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 

RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL 

PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

ALEXANDER...LATIMER...THORTON...MESERVEY...BELMOND...AND

SWALEDALE.



FLASH FLOODS OCCUR QUICKLY...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. AVOID WATER

COVERED ROADS...THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. LESS THAN ONE FOOT OF

FAST FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP AN AUTOMOBILE OFF THE ROAD.



LAT...LON 4256 9365 4256 9304 4324 9304 4325 9350

          4290 9349 4291 9364



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