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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

948 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004



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

PM CDT...



AT 910 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAIN FALLING OVER MOST OF THE COUNTY...AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST. 

HOWEVER THE RAIN HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE 8 PM WITH THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL OVER THE NORTHEAST HALF.



RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS AS 

THE SYSTEM LIFTS AWAY. UNTIL THEN...RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE ONE 

QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS 

ANTICIPATED ALONG THE SPRING...WHARAM...CALMUS AND WILLOW CREEKS 

OVER THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN HALVES OF THE COUNTY...WHICH ALL FEED 

INTO THE WINNEBAGO RIVER. SPOTTER REPORTS AND RADAR HAVE INDICATED 

THAT TWO AND HALF TO NEARLY FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN 

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



FLASH FLOODS OCCUR QUICKLY. AVOID WATER COVERED ROADS SINCE THE ROAD 

MAY BE WASHED OUT. ONE FOOT OF FAST FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP AN 

AUTOMOBILE OFF THE ROAD. IF YOU OBSERVE FLOODING...PLEASE RELAY YOUR 

REPORT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.



LAT...LON 4291 9351 4291 9304 4325 9303 4325 9349



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MYERS

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