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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

930 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008



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WEBSTER IA-SAC IA-CALHOUN IA-

930 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 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR. 



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

ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON AND FORT DODGE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA AS ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVES 

EAST OUT OF WESTERN IOWA AND INTO THE WARNED AREA OF THE NEXT ONE TO 

TWO HOURS. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20 

IN THE WARNED AREA. 



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 0230Z 180DEG 0KT 4237 9492



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