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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

634 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



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WORTH IA-WINNEBAGO IA-

634 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR

WINNEBAGO AND WORTH COUNTIES...



AT 628 PM 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 NORTHWOOD... 

LAKE MILLS...SCARVILLE...AND LELAND.



WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 180TH AND 

370TH STREETS IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY.



HEAVY RAIN IS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA AS 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG A LINE FROM SOUTHWEST TO 

NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE 

TO MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS...PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

FROM HEAVY RAINFALL. 



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.



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 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING

FOR NORTHERN IOWA.



LAT...LON 4349 9397 4350 9303 4326 9304 4326 9398

TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 180DEG 0KT 4343 9358



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