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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

221 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR POLK...GUTHRIE...AUDUBON AND

DALLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 615 AM...



AT 200 AM CDT...SHOWERS AND AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO 

MOVE EAST ACROSS AUDUBON...GUTHRIE...DALLAS AND POLK COUNTIES. THE 

INTENSITY OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS HAS DIMINISHED SO HAS THE 

THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS DECREASED SOMEWHAT. HOWEVER RUNOFF 

INTO AREA STREAMS AS WELL AS DITCHES AND LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS 

WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



PEOPLE VENTURING AROUND THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF WATER 

PONDING ON ROADWAYS. AVOID WATER COVERED ROADS AS THESE ROADS MAY BE 

WASHED OUT.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA FROM EASTERN 

NEBRASKA BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN WITH THESE STORMS 

WILL STAY SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA.



LAT...LON 4185 9510 4151 9506 4155 9334 4187 9333



BARLOW

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