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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

301 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004



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

CDT...



AT 256 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN 

WINNNEBAGO COUNTY TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF FOREST CITY.



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT

WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BUFFALO CENTER...LAKE MILLS...

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



U.S. HIGHWAY 69 WAS REPORTEDLY IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER TWO AND 

ONE HALF MILES NORTH OF FOREST CITY NEAR 389TH.  



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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