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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

502 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



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WEBSTER IA-CALHOUN IA-HAMILTON IA-HARDIN IA-GREENE IA-BOONE IA-

STORY IA-

502 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR

STORY...BOONE...EASTERN GREENE...WESTERN HARDIN...HAMILTON...EASTERN

CALHOUN AND WEBSTER COUNTIES...



AT 500 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE RAINFALL...PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEBSTER

CITY...JEWELL...IOWA FALLS...GOWRIE AND FORT DODGE



RADAR ESTIMATES FROM HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS INDICATE 2 

TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE AREA. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO 

MODERATE RAINS THROUGH THE MORNING WILL RUNOFF OF FIELDS AND ALREADY 

FLOODED STREAMS.   



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.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4186 9441 4256 9446 4255 9324 4186 9324

TIME...MOT...LOC 1002Z 180DEG 0KT 4225 9412



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