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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 080845

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

345 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



IAC187-081245-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080608T1245Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

WEBSTER IA-

345 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR

WEBSTER COUNTY...



AT 340 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT 

DODGE...CLARE...AND BADGER.



AT 130 AM CDT...WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AT THE UNDERPASS OF 

THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN BUSINESS HWY 20 AND HWY 169. THE NORTH AND 

SOUTHBOUND LANES OF HWY 169 ARE CLOSED. 



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 4264 9397 4247 9397 4247 9393 4243 9394

      4221 9394 4221 9441 4247 9441 4247 9445

      4265 9445 4265 9400

TIME...MOT...LOC 0845Z 180DEG 0KT 4233 9420



$$



RUSSELL

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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 080845

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

345 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



IAC187-081245-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080608T1245Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

WEBSTER IA-

345 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR

WEBSTER COUNTY...



AT 340 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT 

DODGE...CLARE...AND BADGER.



AT 130 AM CDT...WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AT THE UNDERPASS OF 

THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN BUSINESS HWY 20 AND HWY 169. THE NORTH AND 

SOUTHBOUND LANES OF HWY 169 ARE CLOSED. 



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 4264 9397 4247 9397 4247 9393 4243 9394

      4221 9394 4221 9441 4247 9441 4247 9445

      4265 9445 4265 9400

TIME...MOT...LOC 0845Z 180DEG 0KT 4233 9420



$$



RUSSELL

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