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WGUS73 KDMX 050846

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

340 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



IAC001-029-050945-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080605T0945Z/

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

ADAIR IA-CASS IA-

340 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



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

AND ADAIR COUNTIES...



AT 338 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY ROADS 

AROUND THE COUNTY WITH DEBRIS DUE TO EARLIER FLASH FLOODING. 

WATER OVER THE ROADS HAVE CAUSE CLOSURES AT 285TH AND GIBBON AS WELL 

AS CLAY AND 300TH STREET IN ADAIR COUNTY. IN CASS COUNTY...WATERS 

WERE RECEDING....HOWEVER...MORE FLOODING IS EXPECTED.



ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 4 AM...AGAIN 

AGGRAVATING THE FLOODING SITUATION. MORE FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THIS 

WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING WHERE FLOOD WATERS HAVE 

RECEDED.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREENFIELD

AND ATLANTIC



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 4125 9514 4149 9515 4150 9426 4150 9425

      4116 9425 4116 9515 4125 9515

TIME...MOT...LOC 0840Z 180DEG 0KT 4130 9499



$$



RUSSELL

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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 050846

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

340 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



IAC001-029-050945-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080605T0945Z/

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

ADAIR IA-CASS IA-

340 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



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

AND ADAIR COUNTIES...



AT 338 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY ROADS 

AROUND THE COUNTY WITH DEBRIS DUE TO EARLIER FLASH FLOODING. 

WATER OVER THE ROADS HAVE CAUSE CLOSURES AT 285TH AND GIBBON AS WELL 

AS CLAY AND 300TH STREET IN ADAIR COUNTY. IN CASS COUNTY...WATERS 

WERE RECEDING....HOWEVER...MORE FLOODING IS EXPECTED.



ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 4 AM...AGAIN 

AGGRAVATING THE FLOODING SITUATION. MORE FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THIS 

WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING WHERE FLOOD WATERS HAVE 

RECEDED.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREENFIELD

AND ATLANTIC



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 4125 9514 4149 9515 4150 9426 4150 9425

      4116 9425 4116 9515 4125 9515

TIME...MOT...LOC 0840Z 180DEG 0KT 4130 9499



$$



RUSSELL

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