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WGUS73 KDMX 301048

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

546 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



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BLACK HAWK IA-HARDIN IA-GRUNDY IA-TAMA IA-MARSHALL IA-

546 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR

MARSHALL...TAMA...GRUNDY...EASTERN HARDIN AND BLACK HAWK COUNTIES...



AT 543 AM CDT...RAINFALL PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS CONTINUING  

OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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. 



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. 



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

REINBECK...LA PORTE CITY...HUDSON...GRUNDY CENTER...EVANSDALE...

ELDORA...CONRAD AND CEDAR FALLS



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 4230 9206 4229 9230 4186 9230 4187 9324

      4255 9326 4254 9208

TIME...MOT...LOC 1046Z 180DEG 0KT 4220 9282



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