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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1128 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004



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

CDT...



AT 1125 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL ALONG 

COUNTY HIGHWAYS A 42 AND R 20 IN SOUTHWEST WINNEBAGO COUNTY. HEAVY 

RAIN MAY CAUSE RAPID RISES ALONG THE NORTH BUFFALO CREEK. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY 

EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BUFFALO CENTER...LAKE 

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



RESIDENTIAL BASEMENT FLOODING AND STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED LATE 

THIS EVENING IN THOMPSON. 



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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