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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1140 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004



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

UNTIL 130 AM CDT...



AT 1138 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 RAIN HAD 

FALLEN OVER PALO ALTO COUNTY AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO EMMET COUNTY. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR ALONG HIGHWAY 18 AND TRIBUTARIES ALONG THE WEST 

FORK DES MOINES RIVER. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY ALSO 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.



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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