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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1048 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WINNEBAGO COUNTY UNTIL 330 AM

CDT...



AT 1043 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

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

ESTIMATED THAT IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE 

AREA AND HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL 

HOURS. 



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...BUFFALO CENTER...LAKE MILLS...

LELAND...RAKE...SCARVILLE AND THOMPSON.



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF THOMPSON WHERE WATER 

OVER ROADS AND RESIDENTIAL BASEMENT FLOODING WAS REPORTED. 



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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