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IAC053-185-040830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1226 AM CDT WED AUG 4 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DECATUR AND WAYNE COUNTIES

UNTIL 330 AM CDT...



AT 1226 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS ACROSS MUCH 

OF SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD 

EAST INTO WAYNE COUNTY THROUGH 1:30 AM.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE ALLERTON...CLIO...CORYDON...DAVIS

CITY...DECATUR CITY...GRAND RIVER...HUMESTON...LAMONI...LAMONI

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...LE ROY...LEON...MILLERTON...PROMISE CITY...

SEYMOUR...VAN WERT AND WELDON.



THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING 

AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. A SPOTTER IN CAMBRIA IN 

NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY REPORTED 3.6 INCHES OF RAIN FROM 10 PM TO 

MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR 

THROUGH AT LEAST 2 AM. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE SITES FOR FLASH FLOODING 

WOULD BE WELDON RIVER...JONATHAN CREEK...AND LONG CREEK IN DECATUR   

COUNTY...AND STEEL CREEK...DICK CREEK...AND NINE MILE CREEK IN   

WAYNE COUNTY. TOTAL EVENT RAINS MAY REACH 3 TO 5 INCHES OVERNIGHT 

ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.



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 4089 9401 4058 9401 4059 9312 4090 9311



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