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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

158 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004



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

CDT...



AT 157 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL BETWEEN 

THOMPSON AND FOREST CITY. 



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.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY REPORTED FLOODING IN 

THE TOWN OF FOREST CITY.  THE WINNEBAGO RIVER HAS OVERTOPPED U.S. 

HIGHWAY 69 TWO AND ONE HALF MILES NORTH OF FOREST CITY AT 380TH.  

THE ROAD WAS REPORTED AS IMPASSABLE.



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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