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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1125 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER...

SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...NORTHEASTERN HARDIN AND NORTHWESTERN GRUNDY

COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM CDT...



AT 1125 PM CDT... FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY STILL OCCURING ALONG THE 

BEAVER CREEK 21 MILES WEST OF ACKLEY...OR ABOUT 37 MILES EAST OF 

FORT DODGE.  ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WILL TRACK OVER THE AREA AFFECTING 

THE ACKLEY AREA AND BEAVER CREEK...BRINGING YET ANOTHER HALF TO 

THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION BY AROUND MIDNIGHT.  



EARLIER REPORTS INCLUDED AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG THE GRUNDY AND BUTLER COUNTY LINE ALONG OLD HIGHWAY 

20. IN ADDITION...AT 930 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A BLACK TOP 

ROAD UNDERWATER AND SEVERAL GRAVEL ROADS WITH WATER FLOWING OVER 

THEM 6 MILES NORTH OF WELLSBURG.



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE AREA...HOWEVER 

RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR AND ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 3 TO 4 

INCHES COULD MAKE FLOODING IMPACTS CONTINUE PAST MIDNIGHT. 



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 4241 9316 4241 9284 4262 9286 4261 9318



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