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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

505 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MASON COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM

CDT...



AT 501 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM NEAR KILBOURNE EAST TO MASON CITY.

1 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 200 PM.

EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE EVENING 

ACROSS MASON COUNTY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE

TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED

AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A

FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY

TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.



LAT...LON 4015 9023 4024 9012 4038 9005 4044 8992

      4043 8973 4033 8973 4032 8961 4015 8961

      4017 8966 4014 8975 4015 8998 4007 9014

      4006 9024 4013 9035



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