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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

516 AM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005



IAC081-109-071500-

KOSSUTH IA-HANCOCK IA-

516 AM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HANCOCK AND CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN KOSSUTH COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...



AT 513 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER 

SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KOSSUTH COUNTY. THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL OCCURRED FROM GOODELL AND KANAWHA TO JUST SOUTH OF 

BRITT. OTHER HEAVY RAIN FELL BETWEEN ALGONA AND FENTON.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. THROUGH 630 AM THE HEAVIEST ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL OCCUR 

OVER SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST KOSSUTH COUNTY. AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN MAY OCCUR. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE 

CORWITH...FENTON...GOODELL...KANAWHA...AND WESLEY. ADDITIONAL AREAS 

THAT WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE LINDSEY CREEK...PRAIRIE 

CREEK...AND THE BOONE RIVER. 



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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