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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

132 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004



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

CDT...



AT 127 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

BETWEEN JOICE AND NORTHWOOD.  HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE RAPID RISES ALONG 

THE NORTH BUFFALO CREEK.   



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...BUFFALO CENTER...LAKE MILLS...LELAND...RAKE...SCARVILLE AND

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.



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