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WGUS73 KDMX 031236

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

736 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



IAC099-127-031745-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080603T1745Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

MARSHALL IA-JASPER IA-

736 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR

JASPER AND MARSHALL COUNTIES...



AT 732 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE RAIN PRODUCING ADDITIONAL RUNOFF INTO AREA STREAMS OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STATE CENTER

AND MARSHALLTOWN



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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TUESDAY

FOR IOWA.



LAT...LON 4152 9277 4151 9332 4160 9333 4160 9335

      4186 9334 4186 9323 4220 9324 4220 9278

TIME...MOT...LOC 1236Z 180DEG 0KT 4181 9303



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