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WGUS73 KDMX 090418

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IAC189-195-090600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1118 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WINNEBAGO AND WORTH COUNTIES

UNTIL 1245 AM...



AT 1107 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THE CENTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE RAINS 

6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTHWOOD...OR ABOUT 26 MILES NORTH OF MASON 

CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



SCATTERED SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE 

WARNING AREA THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT.  RAINFALL RATES HAVE 

DIMINISHED TO BELOW AN INCH PER HOUR IN MOST LOCATIONS...BUT THESE 

ADDITIONAL RAINS MAY KEEP ANY HIGH WATER AREAS FROM SUBSIDING.



ALTHOUGH NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...DOPPLER RADAR DATA COMBINED 

WITH NEARBY RAIN GAUGES ESTIMATE THAT ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF WINNEBAGO AND WORTH COUNTIES 

SINCE 600 PM.  PLEASE REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING TO 

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



FLASH FLOODS OCCUR QUICKLY...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  AVOID WATER 

COVERED ROADS AS THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT.  LESS THAN ONE FOOT OF 

FAST FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP AN AUTOMOBILE OFF THE ROAD.



LAT...LON 4349 9396 4326 9396 4325 9304 4350 9303



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