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IAC025-162130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

200 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CALHOUN COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM...



AT 152 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR REPORTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS OVER KNIERIM...OR 

ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT DODGE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  

OTHER MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING FARTHER 

EAST ACROSS THE COUNTY.



THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING 

AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES OVER 2 INCHES 

PER HOUR CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COUNTY.  THIS WILL PRODUCE 

FLASH FLOODING ALONG CAMP CREEK...THE NORTH RACCOON RIVER...PRAIRIE 

CREEK...AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES.



AT 155 PM...THE CALHOUN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER OVER SEVERAL 

COUNTY ROADS...AND HIGHWAY 20 EAST OF ROCKWELL CITY.  OVER 3 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 5 MILES EAST OF JOLLEY.  DOPPLER RADAR 

PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE 

FALLEN IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



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 4255 9486 4222 9485 4222 9443 4256 9448



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