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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

222 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2005



IAC185-281115-

WAYNE IA-

222 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WAYNE COUNTY UNTIL 615 AM CDT...



AT 1244 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED AN AREA OF 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLY ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.



HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT 

WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...CORYDON...SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...CLIO...HUMESTON...LINEVILLE.

..MILLERTON AND PROMISE CITY.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN WAYNE COUNTY REPORTED SEVERAL CREEKS 

INCLUDING WALNUT CREEK WERE RUNNING THREE QUARTERS TO BANKFUL.  

FLOODING OF THESE CREEKS IS LIKELY.



THE RIVER GAGE AT PROMISE CITY CONTINUES TO RISE RAPIDLY AND HAD 

EXCEEDED 7.0 FEET.  A PRELIMINARY STAGE FORECAST OF 21.5 FEET IS 

POSSIBLE BY AROUND 8 AM CDT.



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



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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