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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

551 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005



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GUTHRIE IA-

551 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GUTHRIE COUNTY UNTIL 900 AM

CDT...



AT 546 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

SOUTHEAST GUTHRIE COUNTY BETWEEN PANORA AND MENLO. 



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 BETWEEN PANORA AND MENLO. ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA BY 

8 AM.



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



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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JAW

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