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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

109 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM...



AT 109 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY 

RAIN EXITING SOUTHEAST ADAMS COUNTY...8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 

PRESCOTT...OR ABOUT 66 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES...MOVING EAST 

AT 35 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  IN RURAL AREAS OF

  SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY.



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

SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF HAS OCCURRED INTO SWOLLEN WATERWAYS. THIS WILL 

PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY ON SMALL 

CREEKS.  FLOOD PRONE GRAVEL ROADS WILL BECOME COVERED BY RUNNING 

WATER SOON IF NOT ALREADY.



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 4113 9493 4094 9492 4093 9450 4114 9450



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