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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1243 AM CDT WED AUG 2 2006



IAC109-147-020930-

KOSSUTH IA-PALO ALTO IA-

1243 AM CDT WED AUG 2 2006



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...



AT 1239 AM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



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...ALGONA...BANCROFT AND EMMETSBURG.



SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED AROUND 5 INCHES OF RAIN IN AND AROUND ALGONA 

AREA AS WELL AS OTHER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.  NO REPORTS HAVE BEEN 

RECEIVED IN THE LAST HOUR FROM PALO ALTO COUNTY.



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 4348 9398 4293 9398 4294 9491 4324 9490

      4323 9444 4349 9444



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