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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

426 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



IAC027-081030-

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CARROLL IA-

426 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR

CARROLL COUNTY...



AT 423 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



HEAVY RAINS OF AROUND THREE INCHES  OR MORE HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY 

DOPPLER RADAR ACROSS NORTHWEST CARROLL COUNTY. SMALL CREEKS AND 

TRIBUTARIES OF THE MIDDLE RACCOON ARE LIKELY FLASH FLOODING IN THESE 

LOCATIONS AND THREATENING MANY SECONDARY ROADS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GLIDDEN AND 

CARROLL...BREDA...AND ARCADIA.



THE MIDDLE RACCOON RIVER IS GETTING HIGH ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF 

CARROLL. 



STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN LIDDERDALE EARLIER THIS 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.



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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT SUNDAY

MORNING FOR IOWA.



LAT...LON 4220 9465 4186 9464 4186 9509 4221 9510

TIME...MOT...LOC 0926Z 180DEG 0KT 4203 9476



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WGUS73 KDMX 080926 RRA

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

426 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



IAC187-081245-

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

WEBSTER IA-

426 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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

WEBSTER COUNTY...



AT 423 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 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.



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 0926Z 180DEG 0KT 4233 9420



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