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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

204 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2005



IAC187-251200-

WEBSTER IA-

210 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WEBSTER COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM

CDT...



AT 205 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEBSTER COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR ACROSS THE 

NORTHERN PART OF WEBSTER COUNTY. FORT DODGE HAS RECEIVED NEARLY 2 

INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT.



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...FORT DODGE...GOWRIE...BADGER...BARNUM...CALLENDER...

CLARE...DAYTON...DUNCOMBE...FORT DODGE REGIONAL AIRPORT...HARCOURT...

LEHIGH...MOORLAND...OTHO AND VINCENT.



LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT FLOODED STREETS IN FORT DODGE. 

ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY 

MORNING HOURS...WITH 1 TO 2 ADDITIONAL INCHES POSSIBLE. THE FLASH 

FLOOD THREAT WILL INCREASE DURING THE EARLY MORNING. FLASH FLOODING 

IS POSSIBLE ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...INCLUDING LIZARD CREEK AND 

BRUSHY CREEK.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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