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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

847 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KOSSUTH COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM

CDT...



AT 841 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING BACK INTO KOSSUTH 

COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES 

HAS FALLEN AROUND BANCROFT AND LAKOTA.



REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 11 PM. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. LOCATIONS THAT ARE MOST LIKELY 

TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BANCROFT...BURT...FENTON...LAKOTA...

LEDYARD...LONE ROCK...SWEA CITY...TITONKA...WESLEY AND WHITTEMORE.



AS OF 840 PM...THE KOSSUTH COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 9 

WAS PASSABLE BUT OFFICERS REPORTED THAT THE ROAD COULD EASILY 

FLOOD AGAIN WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 169 MAY 

STILL BE UNDER WATER NORTH OF BANCROFT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT 

DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND.



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