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WGUS73 KDMX 090311

FFSDMX

IAC001-121-090700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1003 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MADISON AND ADAIR COUNTIES

UNTIL 200 AM...



AT 1003 PM...RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS 

FROM JUST SOUTH OF CASEY TO FONTANELLE...EAST TO WINTERSET AND 

PATTERSON. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS SLOWLY DRIFTING TO THE SOUTH.



MADISON COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 169 WAS CLOSED 

JUST NORTH OF WINTERSET. FLOODING HAS WASHED DEBRIS ACROSS THE ROAD. 



IN ADAIR COUNTY FLOODING WAS REPORTED NEAR CANBY. ONE TO TWO FEET OF 

WATER WAS OVER AREA ROADS.



THE FLOOD POTENTIAL WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTH THROUGH 11 PM. LOCALIZED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES IS LIKELY.



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 4151 9381 4117 9381 4117 9470 4150 9470



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