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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

645 AM CDT SAT SEP 18 2004



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

CDT...



AT 642 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

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

ESTIMATED THAT 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE EASTERN 

PORTION OF THE COUNTY.



RUNOFF FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE 

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...BEDFORD...LENOX...BEDFORD MUNICIPAL 

AIRPORT...CONWAY...GRAVITY AND SHARPSBURG.



HONEY CREEK AND THE PLATTE BRANCH ARE LIKELY TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT 

RISES DUE TO THE RECENT RAINFALL. PERSONS LIVING ALONG OR TRAVELING 

BY THESE STREAMS SHOULD TAKE PERCAUTIONS AND MONITOR FOR FLOODED 

AREAS. THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWO RIVER IN BEDFORD ROSE 10 FEET IN ONE 

HOUR EARLY THIS EVENING IS NOW APPROACHING THE FLOOD STAGE OF 21 

FEET.



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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