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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

359 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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CRAWFORD IA-

359 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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

CRAWFORD COUNTY...



AT 357 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

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

DENISON...AND CHARTER OAK.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HWY 39 CLOSED BETWEEN DENISON AND 

DELOIT...HWY 30 CLOSED BETWEEN DELOIT AND DUNLAP DUE TO THE ROADS 

BEING COVERED WITH WATER. NUMEROUS GRAVEL ROADS WERE WASHED OUT 

ACROSS THE COUNTY AS WELL.



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.  



FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE NEAR DENISON WHERE THE EAST AND THE WEST 

FORKS OF THE BOYER RIVER MEET.



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.



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

MORNING FOR IOWA.



LAT...LON 4221 9568 4221 9510 4190 9509 4186 9510

      4186 9568

TIME...MOT...LOC 0859Z 180DEG 0KT 4202 9536



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