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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

230 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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CRAWFORD IA-

230 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR

CRAWFORD COUNTY...



AT 226 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA...WITH WIDESPREAD RADAR ESTIMATES OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WESTSIDE...VAIL...SCHLESWIG...RICKETTS...KIRON...DELOIT...DOW 

CITY...AND CHARTER OAK.



FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG HIGHWAY 141 WEST OF 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 THROUGHOUT THE 

EARLY MORNING HOURS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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 4221 9568 4221 9510 4190 9509 4186 9510

      4186 9568

TIME...MOT...LOC 0730Z 180DEG 0KT 4202 9536



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