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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

440 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CERRO GORDO COUNTY UNTIL 745

PM...



AT 440 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CERRO 

GORDO COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.      





THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING 

AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE 

1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE 

BEAVERDAM CREEK...GALLS CREEK...MASON CREEK...CHELSEA CREEK AND 

WILLOW CREEK. 



AT 445 PM...MASON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS 

FLOODED IN MASON CITY. IN ADDITION...EAST PARK ALONG WILLOW CREEK 

WAS FLOODING.



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 4293 9351 4293 9306 4325 9304 4324 9349



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