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IAC121-181-180445-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

930 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN MADISON AND

NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM...



AT 930 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PUSH EAST ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE 

CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN EARLIER THIS EVENING.  HOWEVER...WITH THE 2 

TO 3.5 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS EARLIER THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL ONLY ADD TO THE FLOODED AREAS.  NO NEW FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH 

ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1030 PM.  RAINFALL WILL 

DIMINISH AFTER THAT TIME.



REMEMBER...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 4150 9404 4130 9402 4130 9360 4151 9358



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