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IAC109-189-195-220900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADER TIME

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

145 AM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WINNEBAGO...WORTH AND NORTHERN

KOSSUTH COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM...



AT 140 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED NUMEROUS 

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR NORTHERN IOWA. THIS 

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. RAINFALL RATES 

WILL AVERAGE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH PER HOUR. THE RAINFALL WILL 

DIMINISH OVER FAR NORTHERN IOWA BY AROUND 330 AM. 



ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER 

HEAVIER RAIN WILL CONTINUE DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND. EXPECT WATER 

LEVELS TO REMAIN HIGH WITH FLASH FLOODING LIKELY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS DRIVING AT NIGHT WHEN DANGERS OF FLASH 

FLOODING ARE HARDER TO SEE. 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. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLASH FLOOD PRONE 

AREA...MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY.



LAT...LON 4349 9445 4327 9444 4327 9305 4350 9307



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