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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1212 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005



IAC009-077-201030-

GUTHRIE IA-AUDUBON IA-

1212 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR AUDUBON AND GUTHRIE COUNTIES

UNTIL 530 AM CDT...



AT 1209 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE WARNED 

AREA.  



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 RURAL AREAS SOUTHEAST OF AUDUBON AND WEST OF GUTHRIE 

CENTER.  SMALL STREAM BASINS INCLUDING DAVIS AND SEELY CREAKS WILL 

LIKELY FLOOD. 



ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE MORE HEAVY RAIN IN THE WARNED 

AREA. 



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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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