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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

337 AM CDT SAT SEP 18 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TAYLOR COUNTY UNTIL 830 AM

CDT...



AT 332 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF TAYLOR COUNTY.



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...BEDFORD...LENOX...BEDFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...CONWAY...

GRAVITY...NEW MARKET AND SHARPSBURG.



HONEY CREEK AND PLATTE BRANCH ARE TWO STREAMS IN THE HEAVIEST RAIN 

AREA AND ARE MOST LIKELY TO SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES OVER THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS. HIGHWAY 2 AND ADJACENT COUNTY ROADS SHOULD BE 

MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL WATER CROSSING THE ROADWAYS FROM THESE 

STREAMS.



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.



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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DONAVON

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