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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

821 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008



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WEBSTER IA-SAC IA-CALHOUN IA-

821 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR

CALHOUN...EASTERN SAC AND WEBSTER COUNTIES...



AT 819 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED SOUTH 

OF THE WARNED AREA...BUT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN IOWA ARE

GOING TO BE APPROACHING THE WARNED AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR. ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...

SPECIFICALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAC CITY...

ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON AND FORT DODGE



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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.



LAT...LON 4256 9513 4258 9398 4224 9393 4225 9512

TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 180DEG 0KT 4237 9492



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