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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1231 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008



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DECATUR IA-

1231 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008



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

DECATUR COUNTY...



AT 1227 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WELDON...VAN

WERT...LE ROY...GRAND RIVER AND GARDEN GROVE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT THROUGH 130 AM CDT IN THE 

WARNED AREA...HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LATER TONIGHT COULD 

TRIGGER ADDITIONAL FLASH 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.



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 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR

WESTERN IOWA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT

FRIDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN IOWA.



LAT...LON 4057 9402 4090 9402 4090 9356 4058 9356

      4058 9357

TIME...MOT...LOC 0531Z 180DEG 0KT 4076 9381



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