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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1212 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TAYLOR AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES

UNTIL 215 PM...



AT 1212 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED ANOTHER 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS 18 MILES 

NORTHWEST OF NEW MARKET...OR ABOUT 89 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES 

MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...



  9 MILES NORTH OF SHARPSBURG AROUND 120 PM...

  NEAR LENOX AROUND 130 PM...

  8 MILES NORTH OF CLEARFIELD AROUND 140 PM...

  7 MILES NORTH OF DIAGONAL AROUND 200 PM AND

  5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TINGLEY AROUND 220 PM.



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

ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO

SWOLLEN WATERWAYS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL 

RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING 

ALONG TRIBUTARIES AND CREEKS OF THE GRAND AND PLATTE RIVER INCLUDING 

LOTTS CREEK IN RINGGOLD COUNTY...AND TRIBUTARIES AND CREEKS 

ADJOINING THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWO RIVER...INCLUDING ROSE BRANCH AND 

LONZO CREEKS.



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 4090 9491 4059 9491 4060 9405 4089 9405



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