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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1120 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



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CRAWFORD IA-

1120 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR

CRAWFORD COUNTY...



AT 1117 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



NUMEROUS FLOODING REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN AND AROUND THE 

COMMUNITIES OF CHARTER OAK...DOW CITY AND KIRON. THESE AREAS WILL 

CONTINUE TO SEE FLASH FLOODING FROM ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS 

OVERNIGHT.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 

OVERNIGHT. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESTSIDE...

VAIL...SCHLESWIG...RICKETTS...KIRON...DELOIT AND CHARTER OAK.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR

IOWA.



LAT...LON 4221 9568 4221 9510 4186 9509 4186 9568

TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 180DEG 0KT 4202 9536



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