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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

537 AM CDT SAT SEP 18 2004



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

CDT...



AT 534 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FELL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA OVERNIGHT. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

SINCE 1 AM.



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE COME TO AN END ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 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 REMAIN THE TWO STREAMS WITH THE 

GREATEST POTENTIAL TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT RISES. 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.



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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