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Flash Flood Watch
IAZ008-MNZ087-094-095-210000-
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MITCHELL-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
1059 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...
MITCHELL. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...FILLMORE...MOWER AND
OLMSTED.

* UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING

* RISING WATER LEVELS COULD LEAD TO MORE FLOODING. IN ADDITION A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL ON
ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAINFALL
IS POSSIBLE.

* BASEMENT FLOODING...RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND ROAD
CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE OR WILL CONTINUE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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Flood Warning
IAC067-131-MNC099-202100-
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MITCHELL IA-FLOYD IA-MOWER MN-
1156 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOWER...NORTHERN FLOYD AND
MITCHELL COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM...

WATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH IN FIELDS...DRAINAGE AREAS...AND NEAR
AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL YESTERDAY.

USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING AROUND THE AREA TODAY. ADDITIONAL STORMS
THAT MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON COULD KEEP WATER LEVELS HIGH OR
PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

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LAT...LON 4352 9303 4383 9279 4383 9246 4350 9245
4350 9255 4308 9255 4304 9257 4300 9303

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