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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

939 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EMMET AND PALO ALTO COUNTIES

UNTIL 130 AM CDT...



AT 936 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER TODAY. 



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT

WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ESTHERVILLE...EMMETSBURG...

ARMSTRONG...AYRSHIRE...CURLEW...CYLINDER...DOLLIVER...EMMETSBURG 

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...ESTHERVILLE MUNICIPAL 

AIRPORT...GRAETTINGER...GRUVER AND MALLARD.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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RUSSELL

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