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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 050828

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

326 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



IAC003-175-051030-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-080605T1030Z/

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

UNION IA-ADAMS IA-

326 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR ADAMS

AND UNION COUNTIES...



AT 325 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 34 AT THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSECTION OF 

HIGHWAY 34 AND COUNTY ROAD N64. 



NUMEROUS LOCATIONS MAY BE FLOODED THAT HAVE NOT BEEN YET REPORTED 

AS SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVERNIGHT. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRESTON



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING

FOR IOWA.



LAT...LON 4093 9494 4116 9494 4116 9402 4093 9402

TIME...MOT...LOC 0826Z 180DEG 0KT 4100 9475



$$



RUSSELL

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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 050828

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

326 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



IAC003-175-051030-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-080605T1030Z/

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

UNION IA-ADAMS IA-

326 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR ADAMS

AND UNION COUNTIES...



AT 325 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 34 AT THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSECTION OF 

HIGHWAY 34 AND COUNTY ROAD N64. 



NUMEROUS LOCATIONS MAY BE FLOODED THAT HAVE NOT BEEN YET REPORTED 

AS SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVERNIGHT. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRESTON



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING

FOR IOWA.



LAT...LON 4093 9494 4116 9494 4116 9402 4093 9402

TIME...MOT...LOC 0826Z 180DEG 0KT 4100 9475



$$



RUSSELL

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