

000 

WGUS73 KDMX 080137

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

835 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



IAC189-195-080330-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080608T0330Z/

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

WORTH IA-WINNEBAGO IA-

835 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



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

WINNEBAGO AND WORTH COUNTIES...



AT 830 PM CDT...A FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES OVER THE WARNED AREA.



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA FOR NOW...RADAR 

INDICATES NEARLY TWO TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER THE AREA...WITH THE RUN OFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL 

LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

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



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 300 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR

IOWA.



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

TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 180DEG 0KT 4343 9358



$$



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 080137

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

835 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



IAC189-195-080330-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080608T0330Z/

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

WORTH IA-WINNEBAGO IA-

835 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



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

WINNEBAGO AND WORTH COUNTIES...



AT 830 PM CDT...A FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES OVER THE WARNED AREA.



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA FOR NOW...RADAR 

INDICATES NEARLY TWO TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER THE AREA...WITH THE RUN OFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL 

LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

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



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 300 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR

IOWA.



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

TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 180DEG 0KT 4343 9358



$$



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