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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1013 PM CDT THU AUG 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TAYLOR AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES

UNTIL 315 AM CDT...



AT 1010 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS OVER 

RINGGOLD COUNTY...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS SET TO MOVE 

INTO TAYLOR COUNTY.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE BEACONSFIELD...BEDFORD...BEDFORD

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...BENTON...BLOCKTON...CLEARFIELD...CONWAY...

DELPHOS...DIAGONAL...ELLSTON...GRAVITY...KELLERTON...LENOX...MOUNT

AYR...MOUNT AYR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...NEW MARKET...REDDING...SHARPSBURG

AND TINGLEY.



THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING AREA...

RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 

INCHES PER HOUR. THIS COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE FORKS 

OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWO RIVER...AS WELL AS HONEY CREEK...THE 

PLATTE BRANCH... AND THE PLATTE RIVER. OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS THAT 

COULD BE IMPACTED INCLUDE THE GRAND RIVER BASIN...AND LOTTS CREEK.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AROUND 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN ALONG A BAND EXTENDING FROM SOUTH OF CLEARFIELD TO NEAR 

DIAGONAL. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 

MIDNIGHT...AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST 

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 9492 4060 9492 4059 9404 4089 9403



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