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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1056 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004



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

CDT...



AT 1052 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 EARLIER IN THE EVENING AND ANOTHER 

ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PAST HOUR HAS ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 

INCH OR MORE IN LOCATIONS ALONG THE DES MOINES RIVER AND ITS 

TRIBUTARIES. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1145 PM. 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.



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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RUSSELL

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