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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADER TIME

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

310 AM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004



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

KOSSUTH COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM...



AT 310 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT 

TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING OVER FAR NORTHERN IOWA. MODERATE RAIN 

PERSISTED OVER WORTH COUNTY. THE RAIN WAS LIGHT FURTHER WEST INTO 

WINNEBAGO AND NORTHERN KOSSUTH COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE A 

QUARTER INCH PER HOUR OR LESS. THE RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF 

THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BUT NO ADDITION HEAVY RAINFALL RATES ARE 

EXPECTED.



SOME RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVIER RAIN WILL CONTINUE DUE TO THE 

SATURATED GROUND. INCREASES IN WATER LEVELS WILL SLOW...ALTHOUGH 

MAJOR STREAMS...CREEKS...AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE WATER 

LEVELS RISE. 



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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