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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

942 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



IAC189-195-080330-

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WORTH IA-WINNEBAGO IA-

942 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



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

WINNEBAGO AND WORTH COUNTIES...



AT 937 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS WERE WASHED OUT ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

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



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS LARGELY ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA FOR 

NOW...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE STILL 

POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



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 0242Z 180DEG 0KT 4343 9358



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