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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

815 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



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POWESHIEK IA-

815 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR

POWESHIEK COUNTY...



AT 814 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED NUMEROUS CREEKS 

ALONG NORTH FORK ENGLISH CREEK NEAR COUNTY HIGHWAY F46 OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS.  RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS EARLIER WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCING 

FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRINNELL AND

BROOKLYN



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 SOUTHERN IOWA.



LAT...LON 4151 9230 4151 9270 4152 9276 4160 9276

      4160 9277 4179 9277 4186 9277 4186 9239

      4186 9231

TIME...MOT...LOC 1315Z 180DEG 0KT 4170 9254



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