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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1117 PM CDT THU AUG 26 2004



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

UNTIL 315 AM CDT...



AT 1111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS OVER FAR SOUTHEAST TAYLOR 

COUNTY AND SOUTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLOCKTON...MALOY...REDDING...AND 

BENTON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS 

EVENING OVER FAR SOUTHEAST TAYLOR COUNTY...AND FAR SOUTHERN RINGGOLD 

COUNTY. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED OVER MUCH OF TAYLOR 

COUNTY...BUT THE THREAT STILLS EXISTS IN THE SOUTHEAST...NEAR 

BLOCKTON AND ALONG THE PLATTE BRANCH AND PLATTE RIVER. IN RINGGOLD 

COUNTY...THE GRAND RIVER BASIN AND LOTTS CREEK COULD ALSO BE 

EXPERIENCING FLASH FLOODING. ANOTHER FLOOD PRONE AREA IS THE ROCK 

CREEK...WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF MOUNT 

AYR. THIS AREA RECEIVED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT TIME 

EARLIER THIS EVENING.



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 4090 9493 4060 9490 4059 9404 4088 9404



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