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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

611 PM CDT FRI SEP 17 2004



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...



AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING TO THE EAST AND 

SOUTHEAST OF PALO ALTO COUNTY AND POCAHONTAS COUNTY. LIGHTER SHOWERS 

WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA BUT IT APPEARS NO ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD 

HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR IN PALO ALTO AND POCAHONTAS COUNTIES. 



A NARROW BAND OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF 

AYRSHIRE THROUGH HAVELOCK TO SOUTH OF ROLFE. EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY 

RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE SOME 

FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 

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

MALLARD. PILOT CREEK...BEAVER CREEK...CROOKED CREEK...LIZARD CREEK 

AND CEDAR CREEK MAY SEE RAPID ABOVE BANK RISES IN WATER LEVELS.



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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