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WGUS73 KDMX 150249

FFSDMX

IAC109-150445-

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

944 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004



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

CDT...



AT 940 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES HAS 

FALLEN AROUND BANCROFT AND LAKOTA.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

INCLUDE...ALGONA...BANCROFT...ALGONA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...BURT...

FENTON...LAKOTA...LEDYARD...LONE ROCK...SWEA CITY...TITONKA...WESLEY

AND WHITTEMORE.



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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