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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

425 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



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WRIGHT IA-FRANKLIN IA-HUMBOLDT IA-

425 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR

HUMBOLDT...FRANKLIN AND WRIGHT COUNTIES...



AT 422 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHEFFIELD...

HUMBOLDT...HAMPTON...DAKOTA CITY...CLARION AND BELMOND



EARLIER THIS MORNING THER WERE REPORTS OF BASEMENT FLOODING IN EAGLE 

GROVE AND CLARION.  



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.



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 4291 9303 4255 9303 4256 9398 4265 9397

      4265 9445 4291 9446

TIME...MOT...LOC 0925Z 180DEG 0KT 4272 9373



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