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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1019 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008



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BOONE IA-

1019 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY...



AT 1016 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. MANY BASEMENTS HAVE BEEN FLOODED AS WELL AS MANY CITY STREETS 

FLOODED OR CLOSED. A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE 

CITY OF BOONE WITH THE FIRST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS. 



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

PILOT MOUND...FRASER AND BOXHOLM.



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

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 1100 PM AND 1215 AM 

CDT WEDNESDAY. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



LAT...LON 4221 9417 4221 9371 4200 9371 4200 9417

TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 180DEG 0KT 4209 9394



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