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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1142 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006



IAC109-147-020930-

KOSSUTH IA-PALO ALTO IA-

1142 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KOSSUTH AND PALO ALTO

COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...



AT 1135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO 

FAR ALONG A SWATH FROM SOUTHWEST TO EAST CENTRAL KOSSUTH 

COUNTY...AND 2 TO 3 INCH AMOUNTS IN FAR NORTHERN KOSSUTH COUNTY. A 

PORTION OF NORTHWEST PALO ALTO COUNTY HAS RECEIVED AROUND 2 TO 3 

INCHES.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...ALGONA...BANCROFT AND EMMETSBURG.



AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...WITH THE 

FLASH FLOOD THREAT CONTINUING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT

ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4348 9398 4293 9398 4294 9491 4324 9490

      4323 9444 4349 9444



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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1142 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006





IAC033-081-189-195-020930-

WINNEBAGO IA-WORTH IA-CERRO GORDO IA-HANCOCK IA-

1142 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CERRO GORDO...HANCOCK...

WINNEBAGO AND WORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...



AT 1140 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 

5 INCHES OF RAIN.  



TRAINING OR STORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA 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...MASON CITY...BRITT...BUFFALO 

CENTER...CLEAR LAKE...FOREST CITY...GARNER...LAKE 

MILLS...MANLY...NORTHWOOD AND ROCKWELL.



REPORTS RECEIVED SO FAR HAVE VERIFIED RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL IN 

MANY OF THE AREAS.  SCATTERED REPORTS OF ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH 

WATER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING OVER 

THESE AREAS IN THE NEXT 2 TO 4 HOURS.   



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.



LAT...LON 4347 9307 4294 9308 4296 9394 4347 9396



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