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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

116 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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BREMER IA-BUTLER IA-BLACK HAWK IA-GRUNDY IA-

116 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR

GRUNDY...BLACK HAWK...BUTLER AND BREMER COUNTIES...



AT 113 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE AREA...WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO 

THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...WAVERLY...TRIPOLI...SUMNER...SHELL 

ROCK...PARKERSBURG...GREENE...DENVER...CLARKSVILLE...APLINGTON AND 

ALLISON



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 6TH STREET AND LAFAYETTE IN WATERLOO UNDER 

WATER EARLY THIS MORNING. 



AT 116 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT WATER OVER COUNTY 

HIGHWAY T16 JUST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DUMONT. THIS IS NEAR THE OTTER 

CREEK. THE OTTER CREEK IS LIKELY FLASH FLOODING IN MANY OTHER RURAL 

LOCATIONS WITH MANY SECONDARY ROADS AFFECTED. 



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.



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 4229 9220 4229 9278 4222 9278 4221 9301

      4242 9300 4278 9303 4290 9303 4291 9209

      4230 9208

TIME...MOT...LOC 0616Z 180DEG 0KT 4255 9250



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