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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

135 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008



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DECATUR IA-

135 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008



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

DECATUR COUNTY...



AT 132 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.



ALTHOUGH RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA HAVE BEEN 

LIGHT...RUNOFF FROM AREAS UPSTREAM WILL LEAD TO THE POSSIBILITY OF 

FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WATER LEVELS MAY RISE QUICKLY 

FROM THE RUNOFF UPSTREAM...IN AREAS NEAR THE THOMPSON FORK RIVER 

BASIN. 



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 500 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR

EASTERN IOWA.



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

      4058 9357

TIME...MOT...LOC 0635Z 180DEG 0KT 4076 9381



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