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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

302 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2005



IAC187-251200-

WEBSTER IA-

302 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2005



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

CDT...



AT 259 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES IN FORT DODGE AND VARIOUS 

LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY.



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...BADGER...BARNUM...CALLENDER...CLARE...

DUNCOMBE...FORT DODGE REGIONAL AIRPORT...LEHIGH...MOORLAND...OTHO AND

VINCENT.



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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