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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

617 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



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GUTHRIE IA-AUDUBON IA-DALLAS IA-

617 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



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

DALLAS...AUDUBON AND GUTHRIE COUNTIES...



AT 613 AM CDT...A RAINFALL WAS AGGRAVATING ALREADY FLOODED AREAS 

FROM OVERNIGHT FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

PERRY...PANORA...GUTHRIE CENTER...DALLAS CENTER AND AUDUBON



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.



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 9510 4186 9382 4160 9382 4159 9380

      4151 9380 4150 9503 4151 9506 4159 9506

      4160 9511

TIME...MOT...LOC 1117Z 180DEG 0KT 4163 9488



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