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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

111 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005



IAC009-077-201030-

GUTHRIE IA-AUDUBON IA-

111 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005



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

UNTIL 530 AM CDT...



AT 109 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER 

GUTHRIE AND EASTERN AUDUBON COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORM RAINFALL 

INTENSITY HAS DECREASED SINCE MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM 

CURRENT AND PREVIOUS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...GARNER AND 

NORTH BRANCH AND RURAL AREAS NEAR HIGHWAY 44 NEAR THE AUDUBON 

GUTHRIE COUNTY LINE. SMALL STREAM BASINS INCLUDING DAVIS AND SEELY 

CREAKS WILL LIKELY FLOOD.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



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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