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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

845 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004



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

UNTIL 1145 AM CDT...



AT 826 AM CDT...SEVERAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS PALO ALTO AND EMMET 

COUNTIES REPORTED 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL.  AT THE ESTHERVILLE 

AIRPORT...8.56 INCHES OF RAIN HAD BEEN REPORTED SINCE TUESDAY 

AFTERNOON.  OTHER UNOFFICIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS INCLUDE 9.86 INCHES AT 

GRAETTINGER...9.25 AT RINGSTED...8.00 INCHES AT RUTHVEN...7.90 AT 

AYRSHIRE...AND 6.68 INCHES IN EMMETSBURG.  



ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AND THE RAIN HAS 

SUBSIDED...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE DOWNPOURS WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE FLOODING. SEVERAL GRAVEL ROADS IN EMMET AND PALO ALTO COUNTIES 

REMAIN UNDER WATER...HOWEVER LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED THAT HARD 

SURFACE ROADS ARE ONCE AGAIN PASSABLE. 



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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