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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

737 AM CDT SAT SEP 18 2004



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

CDT...



AT 737 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FELL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...BEDFORD...LENOX...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 MORNING BUT NOW APPEARS TO HAVE CRESTED AT 21.33 

FEET AND IS SLOWLY FALLING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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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