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WGUS73 KDMX 091127

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IAC039-091430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

627 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLARKE COUNTY UNTIL 915 AM...



AT 624 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS OVER 

OSCEOLA...OR ABOUT 39 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES...MOVING NORTHEAST 

AT 35 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING AREA 

WHERE HEAVY RAINS PREVIOUSLY FELL...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL.  RAINFALL RATES WILL CONTINUE TO EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR 

AT TIMES...WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS APPROACHING 4 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF 

THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE COUNTY.  THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG HANNER CREEK...AS WELL AS THE SOUTH RIVER AND ITS 

TRIBUTARIES.



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 4115 9400 4091 9400 4091 9356 4115 9357



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