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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

115 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



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CLARKE IA-MADISON IA-WARREN IA-

115 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR

WESTERN WARREN...SOUTHERN MADISON AND NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTIES...



AT 111 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA...PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. AS RUNOFF 

FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS CAUSES FLASH FLOODING...MORE 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 2 AND 3 

AM...AGGRAVATING THE FLOODING SITUATION. 



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

INDIANOLA



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING

FOR IOWA.



LAT...LON 4098 9402 4116 9402 4117 9424 4132 9424

      4150 9356 4114 9357

TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 180DEG 0KT 4108 9387



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