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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

414 AM CDT SAT SEP 18 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL 915 AM CDT...



AT 410 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY EAST OF THE CORNING AND CARBON 

AREAS. 



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...CORNING...CARBON...CORNING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...NODAWAY AND

PRESCOTT.



PERSONS THAT LIVE ALONG THE BROWN BRANCH...THE MOUNT ZION BRANCH AND 

KEMP CREEK SHOULD MONITOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG 

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.



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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DONAVON

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