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IAC073-077-090700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1240 AM CDT SUN MAY 9 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY 

UNTIL 2 AM...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY HAS BEEN 

CANCELLED...



AT 1230 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT 

RAIN MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. SOME ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL IOWA. A FEW OF 

THESE MAY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BY AROUND 2 AM. NO SIGNIFICANT 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. 



RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER IN THE EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO 

DIMINISH. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD HAVE SOME RURAL ROADS UNDER WATER... 

HOWEVER NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OVER THE PAST COUPLE HOURS. SMALL RIVERS AND CREEKS WILL 

REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE NIGHT. WATER LEVELS SHOULD CONTINUE TO 

SLOWLY RECEDE.



IN GREENE COUNTY...NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SINCE 

LATE EVENING. WATER WHICH WAS OVER ROADS IN SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY 

HAS RECEDED.



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 4201 9419 4186 9418 4186 9430 4163 9429

          4164 9475 4186 9475 4186 9463 4202 9464



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