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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

219 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2008



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HAMILTON IA-HARDIN IA-

219 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR

HARDIN AND NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES...



AT 217 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS STILL OCCURRING...BUT THE RAIN 

HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING WILL STILL LIKELY 

REMAIN A PROBLEM IN THE ALDEN AREA OF HARDIN COUNTY...WHERE 

PREVIOUS REPORTS OF 12 INCHES OF WATER WAS RUNNING OVER COUNTY ROAD 

D20 IN THE 18000 BLOCK. REPORTS OF FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS HARDIN 

COUNTY...WITH REPORTS OF FLOODING LIMITED TO NORTHEAST PORTION OF 

HAMILTON COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO IOWA FALLS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4256 9376 4255 9303 4247 9303 4246 9302

      4229 9300 4229 9347 4237 9376

TIME...MOT...LOC 0719Z 180DEG 0KT 4247 9336



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