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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

323 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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WORTH IA-WINNEBAGO IA-

323 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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

WINNEBAGO AND WORTH COUNTIES...



AT 319 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORMS 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 LAST   

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 THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.



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.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT SUNDAY

MORNING FOR IOWA.



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

      4350 9303

TIME...MOT...LOC 0823Z 180DEG 0KT 4337 9352



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