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IAC001-121-090700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1130 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 2004



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

UNTIL 200 AM...



AT 1125 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED TO THE 

SOUTHEAST OF MADISON AND ADAIR COUNTIES. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL 

PERSIST OVER THE AREA THROUGH 1 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL 

AVERAGE A HALF INCH OR LESS. 



MADISON COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 169 WAS NOW 

OPEN. SMALL STREAMS AND DRAINAGE AREAS ARE STILL ABOVE BANKFULL 

WITH SOME GRAVEL ROADS UNDER WATER ACROSS THE COUNTY.  



IN ADAIR COUNTY NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING WAS REPORTED. SOME RURAL LOW 

LYING ROADS MAY STILL BE UNDER WATER. EXPECT SOME CREEKS AND 

DRAINAGE AREAS TO REMAIN AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL FOR THE NEXT ONE TO 

TWO HOURS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT AS FLASH FLOODING IS 

MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE. 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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