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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

131 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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CARROLL IA-

131 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR

CARROLL COUNTY...



AT 130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GLIDDEN AND

CARROLL



HEAVY RAINS OF AROUND THREE INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER 

RADAR ACROSS NORTHWEST CARROLL COUNTY. SMALL CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES 

OF THE MIDDLE RACCOON ARE LIKELY FLASH FLOODING IN THESE LOCATIONS 

AND THREATENING MANY SECONDARY ROADS. 



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 4220 9465 4186 9464 4186 9509 4221 9510

TIME...MOT...LOC 0631Z 180DEG 0KT 4203 9476



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