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WGUS73 KDMX 170531

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IAC023-069-075-083-170645-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1230 AM CDT TUE AUG 17 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 BUT DIMINISHING

ALONG THE BEAVER CREEK 21 MILES WEST OF ACKLEY...OR ABOUT 37 MILES 

EAST OF FORT DODGE. 



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE AREA...HOWEVER...ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL OF 3 TO 4 INCHES COULD MAKE FLOODING IMPACTS CONTINUE PAST 

MIDNIGHT. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS WERE RECEIVED 

EARLIER IN THE EVENING...BUT NO NEW FLOODING REPORTS HAVE BEEN 

RECEIVED. ANY FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO RECEDE THROUGH 2 AM. 



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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