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WGUS73 KDMX 271802

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IAC159-173-271915-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

100 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004



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

UNTIL 215 PM...



AT 100 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING 

THUNDERSTORMS 4 MILES SOUTH OF NEW MARKET...OR ABOUT 92 MILES 

SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...



  NEAR BEDFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AROUND 105 PM AND

  NEAR BLOCKTON AROUND 120 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 SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA. GRAVEL ROADS WILL 

BECOME IMPASSIBLE VERY EASILY.



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 9493 4060 9492 4058 9404 4088 9405



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