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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

503 PM CDT FRI SEP 17 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PALO ALTO AND POCAHONTAS

COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...



AT 501 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS 

EASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF PALO ALTO 

COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS 

FAR SOUTHWEST PALO ALTO COUNTY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF POCAHONTAS 

COUNTY. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 

LAURENS...AYRSHIRE...CURLEW...HAVELOCK...ROLFE...PLOVER AND 

MALLARD.



FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG PILOT CREEK...BIG CEDAR CREEK AND LIZARD 

CREEK. 



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES.



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