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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1226 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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CRAWFORD IA-

1226 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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

CRAWFORD COUNTY...



AT 1222 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

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



FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 141 NEAR CHARTER OAK. IN 

ADDITION...FLOODING IN AND AROUND DOW CITY...SCHLESWIG AS WELL AS 

WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 30 SOUTHWEST OF DOW CITY. 



OTTER CREEK NEAR KIRON IS FLASH FLOODING OUT OF ITS BANKS AND MAY BE 

AFFECTING MANY SECONDARY ROADS.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES LATER TONIGHT ARE 

POSSIBLE 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.



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 0526Z 180DEG 0KT 4202 9536



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