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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

741 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008



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BLACK HAWK IA-

741 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR

BLACK HAWK COUNTY...



AT 740 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WATERLOO...

EVANSDALE AND CEDAR FALLS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



AT 740 PM...BLACK HAWK COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED FLOODING WAS 

CONTINUING ALONG THE DRY CREEK IN CEDAR FALLS. OTHER REPORTS OF CARS 

IN SEVERAL FEET OF WATER WERE ALSO REPORTED.  



AT 630 AM...BLACK HAWK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL 

COUNTY ROAD INTERSECTIONS UNDER WATER INCLUDING DYSART AND SHAUNLIS 

SOUTH OF WATERLOO...AND WEST DUNKERTON AND WAGONER ROAD EAST OF 

WATERLOO. IN ADDITION THE TOWN OF BENSON WAS REPORTED AS FLOODED DUE 

TO A FLOODED CREEK.  



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FRIDAY

FOR EASTERN IOWA.



LAT...LON 4263 9256 4264 9210 4230 9208 4230 9254

TIME...MOT...LOC 1241Z 180DEG 0KT 4243 9235



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