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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1030 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



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WEBSTER IA-

1030 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



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

WEBSTER COUNTY...



AT 1028 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 PARTS OF TOWN. MANHOLE COVERS WERE BLOWN OFF EARLIER. 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 

2 INCHES POSSIBLE.



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.



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.



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 0330Z 180DEG 0KT 4233 9420



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