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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

130 AM CDT WED AUG 4 2004



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

UNTIL 330 AM CDT...



AT 130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN DECATUR 

COUNTY...WITH LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS MUCH OF WAYNE COUNTY.



SOUTHWEST DECATUR COUNTY HAS RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL...WITH 3 

TO 4 INCH STORM TOTALS THROUGH 1:30 AM. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE 

OVER THAT AREA THROUGH 2:30 AM...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF 

TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE. BE PREPARED FOR RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND 

STREAMS THAT COULD PRODUCE WATER RUNNING OVER ROADS. FLOODING COULD 

ALSO OCCUR IN LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES. WAYNE COUNTY LAW 

ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND NEARLY OVER A 

GRAVEL ROAD NORTHWEST OF CORYDON AROUND MIDNIGHT...AS WELL AS 

PONDING WATER EARLIER ON HIGHWAY 65 NEAR HUMESTON. THE THREAT FOR 

FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS WAYNE COUNTY...BUT LOCALIZED 

FLOODING COULD STILL BE OCCURRING.



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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