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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1226 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DECATUR COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM...



AT 1226 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS OVER DECATUR

CITY...OR ABOUT 58 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...



  7 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN GROVE AROUND 1240 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 INCH PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING 

ALONG THE BRUSH AND ELK CREEKS...AS WELL AS MOST OTHER SMALL CREEKS 

AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS.



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 4088 9401 4059 9401 4059 9358 4088 9361



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