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WGUS73 KDMX 031353

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

853 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



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DECATUR IA-WAYNE IA-RINGGOLD IA-

853 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN RINGGOLD...SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE AND DECATUR COUNTIES...



AT 851 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA IN WAYNE COUNTY. THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER DECATUR AND 

RINGGOLD COUNTIES...THOUGH FLASH FLOODING MAY STILL BE OCCURRING IN 

THESE AREAS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEON



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 4082 9338 4063 9338 4058 9338 4057 9448

      4082 9435

TIME...MOT...LOC 1353Z 180DEG 0KT 4074 9434



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