

000 

WGUS73 KDMX 050939

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

439 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



IAC039-121-181-050945-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080605T0945Z/

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

CLARKE IA-MADISON IA-WARREN IA-

439 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 435 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MORE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING MOVING INTO THE 

WARNED AREA.



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...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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 4098 9402 4116 9402 4117 9424 4132 9424

      4150 9356 4114 9357

TIME...MOT...LOC 0939Z 180DEG 0KT 4108 9387



$$



RUSSELL

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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 050939

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

439 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



IAC039-121-181-050945-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080605T0945Z/

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

CLARKE IA-MADISON IA-WARREN IA-

439 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 435 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MORE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING MOVING INTO THE 

WARNED AREA.



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...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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 4098 9402 4116 9402 4117 9424 4132 9424

      4150 9356 4114 9357

TIME...MOT...LOC 0939Z 180DEG 0KT 4108 9387



$$



RUSSELL

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