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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

541 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



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WEBSTER IA-CALHOUN IA-HAMILTON IA-HARDIN IA-GREENE IA-STORY IA-

541 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



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

STORY...EASTERN GREENE...WESTERN HARDIN...HAMILTON...EASTERN CALHOUN

AND WEBSTER COUNTIES...



AT 539 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



2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH OR MORE OF RAIN MAY BE OCCURRING IN THE COMING 

HOURS. 



THE SOUTH SKUNK RIVER IN PARTICULAR IN AMES IS FLOODING AND OUT OF 

ITS BANKS NEAR AMES.  



EXPECT WIDESPREAD STREAMS AND CREEKS TO BE FLOODED THIS 

MORNING...INCLUDING MANY SECONDARY COUNTY ROADS TO BE WASHED OUT

NEARBY CREEKS THAT EASILY FLOOD. FLOODED FIELDS WILL BE WIDESPREAD. 



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.



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 4186 9370 4221 9371 4221 9417 4186 9417

      4186 9441 4256 9446 4255 9324 4187 9324

TIME...MOT...LOC 1041Z 180DEG 0KT 4225 9412



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