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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

208 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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WORTH IA-WINNEBAGO IA-

208 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR

WINNEBAGO AND WORTH COUNTIES...



AT 205 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IS ALSO IN   

EFFECT FOR LONGER TERM FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS     

EVENING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO              

NORTHWOOD...LAKE MILLS AND BUFFALO CENTER...GRAFTON...MANLY AND      

FERTILE.



NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS SOUTHERN WORTH COUNTY HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT     

OR COVERED WITH WATER FROM FLOODED CREEKS AND STREAMS FROM           

EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL LAST EVENING. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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

IOWA.



LAT...LON 4326 9303 4326 9398 4327 9398 4349 9397

      4350 9303

TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 180DEG 0KT 4337 9352



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