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WGUS73 KDMX 181009

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IAC003-181415-

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

508 AM CDT SAT SEP 18 2004



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



AT 505 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF 

FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME 

LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

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

PRESCOTT.



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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