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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

830 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008



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BLACK HAWK IA-

830 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008



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

BLACK HAWK COUNTY...



AT 827 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

EVANSDALE AND CEDAR FALLS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

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

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



AT 820 AM...BLACK HAWK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED UP TO 

TWO FEET OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 57 BETWEEN CEDAR FALLS AND BENSON. 

IN ADDITION...NUMEROUS OTHER COUNTY STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE FLOODED 

INCLUDING DRY CREEK IN CEDAR FALLS. 



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 SOUTHEAST IOWA.



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

TIME...MOT...LOC 1330Z 180DEG 0KT 4243 9235



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