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WGUS73 KDMX 031247

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

746 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



IAC171-031745-

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

TAMA IA-

746 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



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

COUNTY...



AT 741 AM CDT...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED...AND HEAVY RAIN 

RUNOFF WAS LIKELY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

LINCOLN...GLADBROOK...GARWIN AND CLUTIER.



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 4186 9277 4229 9278 4229 9232 4187 9231

TIME...MOT...LOC 1246Z 180DEG 0KT 4203 9256



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