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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1239 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005



IAC187-261030-

WEBSTER IA-

1239 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WEBSTER COUNTY UNTIL 530 AM

CDT...



AT 1235 AM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.



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.



A TRAINED NWS SPOTTER REPORTED TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR.  THERE 

WAS WATER REPORTED FLOWING OVER A GRAVEL ROAD.



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



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