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IAC009-015-027-049-073-077-099-127-153-169-230515-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

916 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CARROLL...GREENE...BOONE...

MARSHALL...STORY...JASPER...POLK...GUTHRIE...AUDUBON AND DALLAS

COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM...



AMATEUR RADIO AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG 

PANTHER CREEK IN SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY...OVER HIGHWAYS 69 AND 210 

IN STORY COUNTY...AND CREEKS IN NORTHERN POLK COUNTY. 



THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REPEATING OVER THE SAME AREA. VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED. 

SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER MARSHALL AND AUDUBON 

COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM.



THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED BY RAINFALL IN THE WARNING AREA...AND

ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO 

SWOLLEN WATERWAYS. 



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 4203 9509 4149 9510 4157 9280 4219 9277

          4222 9463



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