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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

607 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004



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

UNTIL 1145 AM CDT...



AT 602 AM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED A 

RAINFALL RATE OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR IN EMMET AND PALO ALTO 

COUNTIES.



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...ESTHERVILLE...EMMETSBURG...AYRSHIRE...CURLEW...CYLINDER...

DOLLIVER...EMMETSBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...ESTHERVILLE MUNICIPAL

AIRPORT...GRAETTINGER...GRUVER...RINGSTED AND RODMAN.



EMERGENCY MANAGER IN EMMET COUNTY REPORTED BASEMENTS OF RESIDENTIAL 

HOMES IN GRUVER FLOODED. 



MAYOR OF WALLINGFORD REPORTED 12 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 24 

HOURS.



ONE QUARTER MILE OF HIGHWAY 4 FLOODED BECAUSE SCHALLER CREEK BEING 

OUT OF ITS BANKS.     







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