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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1034 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004



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

UNTIL 130 AM CDT...



AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

EARLIER TODAY.  



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES ONE TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE 

EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS WITH THE GREATEST FLOOD THREAT THROUGH 1130 

PM WILL BE ALONG HIGHWAY 18 IN PALO ALTO COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 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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