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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
655 AM CDT THU JUN 18 1998

WATCH INFORMATION--A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA TODAY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE
AMES...BURLINGTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...DECORAH...DES MOINES...FORT
DODGE...MASON CITY...OTTUMWA AND WATERLOO.

FORECAST RAINFALL--1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

RECENT REPORTS--SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT
WIDESPREAD 1/2 TO 1 INCH AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL IOWA SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. MOST OF THE RAIN HAS FALLEN NORTH
OF AN OMAHA TO AUDUBON TO DES MOINES LINE...THEN WEST OF A LINE FROM
DES MOINES TO MASON CITY. AS MUCH AS THREE INCHES HAS FALLEN IN SHELBY
COUNTY.
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METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS--CONDITIONSXREMAIN VERY FAVORABLE FOR INTENSE
RAINFALL TO OCCUR OVER A PROLONGED PERIOD IN ONE AREA. THE STORMS
THIS MORNING HAS BEEN MOVING AT A RAPID PACE AND THUS HAVE PRECLUDED
ANY LARGE RAIN AMOUNTS. MORE STORMS ARE FORECAST FOR LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS INTO THE STATE.

MYERS