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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

520 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



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SAC IA-CALHOUN IA-CARROLL IA-GREENE IA-

520 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR

WESTERN GREENE...CARROLL...CALHOUN AND SAC COUNTIES...



AT 517 AM CDT...A RAINFALL PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS CONTINUED

OVER THE WARNED AREA.



WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AT 17TH AND VOSS AVENUE IN 

SOUTHEAST SAC COUNTY. WATER WAS APPROACHING  HIGHWAY 71 NORTH OF 

CARROLL...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 30 NEAR RALSTON IN CARROLL COUNTY. 



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

ROCKWELL CITY...ODEBOLT...MANSON...LAKE VIEW...LAKE CITY...GLIDDEN

AND CARROLL



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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR

SOUTHEASTERN IOWA.



LAT...LON 4256 9446 4247 9445 4247 9441 4186 9439

      4186 9509 4221 9510 4221 9534 4248 9534

      4247 9539 4256 9540

TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 180DEG 0KT 4198 9483



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