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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

907 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



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WEBSTER IA-

907 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR

WEBSTER COUNTY...



AT 901 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE TOWN OF FORT DODGE 

WHERE TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. STREET FLOODING CONTINUES 

THROUGHOUT TOWN...WITH MANHOLE COVERS CONTINUES TO BLOW OFF. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT DODGE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 300 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR

IOWA.



LAT...LON 4264 9397 4248 9397 4247 9393 4221 9394

      4221 9441 4247 9441 4247 9445 4265 9445

      4265 9400

TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 180DEG 0KT 4233 9420



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