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WGUS73 KDMX 301126

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

624 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



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

624 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 621 AM CDT...RAINFALL PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OVERNIGHT CAUSED FLASH FLOODING 

ALONG FIELDS AND STREAMS.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEBSTER

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



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 1124Z 180DEG 0KT 4225 9412



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