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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

800 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CERRO GORDO COUNTY UNTIL 1045

PM CDT...



AT 746 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS OVER MOST OF 

THE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHWARD AROUND 30 MPH.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE CLEAR LAKE...DOUGHERTY...MASON CITY 

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...PLYMOUTH...ROCK FALLS...ROCKWELL...THORNTON AND 

VENTURA.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WARNING AREA FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. 

RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE THREE QUARTERS TO ONE AND A QUARTER 

INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG 

SPRING...WHARAM...CALMUS AND WILLOW CREEKS OVER THE NORTHERN AND 

WESTERN HALVES OF THE COUTNY. SPOTTER REPORTS AND RADAR HAVE 

INDICATED THAT TWO AND HALF TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY 

FALLEN BETWEEN CLEAR LAKE AND FERTILE...AND BETWEEN MASON CITY AND 

MANLY.



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 4291 9351 4291 9304 4325 9303 4325 9349



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